We all know the comfort of reading an old favourite. You know the characters, the plot doesn’t need much energy and you can relax as you’re reading. I’ve been doing that a lot recently. I think I was in need… Continue Reading →
As of tomorrow morning, I’ll be spending the next three or four months as a full-time crime writer. As the headline says, I’ll be living the dream. And yes, this has long been a dream. The six-year-old me is dancing… Continue Reading →
Today I welcome onto the blog my lovely friend Susi Holliday, who also writes as SJI Holliday. Susi has written three crime novels set in the fictional Scottish town of Banktoun, which are a mix of police procedural and psychological… Continue Reading →
I’m sure every author’s heart sinks when they’re asked the question ‘So, where do you get your ideas?’. It’s as if the speaker suspects that there’s an ideas shop where we go to buy them. But we all know that… Continue Reading →
Today’s blog is brought to you in association with the Insecure Writers Support Group, a place for like-minded writing souls to gather and support each other. My problem at the moment isn’t creativity when it comes to fiction. It’s all… Continue Reading →
I’m a voracious reader – of mostly crime fiction – and this means I have a lot to compare my writing to. Every time I pick up a new book to read or see a recommendation on Twitter, my heart… Continue Reading →
For a long time my iPod has languished with its battery flat. Poor little thing, it’s about 6 years old and has loads of music on it that I love. When I recently recharged it, I was struck by the… Continue Reading →
Opinions are very mixed in the publishing world about whether an author needs a blog. When I launched this blog 18 months ago, everything I read online seemed to be saying that an author needed an online platform, somewhere they… Continue Reading →
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