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Dec 7, 20212 min

Countdown to Christmas

There's 18 days until Christmas, so let's get all the usual sayings out the way to begin with - 'I can't believe it's come round so...

Nov 29, 20213 min

Books for research and writing

My shelves are in storage - well not all of them but for the time being any books that I use for writing or might need at hand for...

Nov 22, 20212 min

Choosing PI over DI

Or in other words why I haven't written a Police Procedural and if I have any plans to. For full disclosure I'm going to start by saying,...

Nov 15, 20212 min

'What do we do now'

A while ago I saw a video of Reece Witherspoon talking about producing films and how she would often read scripts and then inevitably...

Nov 1, 20212 min

Why, why, why

I think most of us are under the impression that the purpose of the plot, in a crime/mystery story is to uncover whodunnit, and of course...

Oct 25, 20212 min

Characters First

Every writer is different. It feels like that should be an obvious statement, but I think there is a tendency to believe that all books...

Oct 18, 20213 min

Why I Chose Self-Publishing

In 2015 I made a decision to make my ambition of becoming an author a reality, to make writing a priority in my life. I hadn't taken my...

Oct 11, 20215 min

10 Books That Shaped Me

The Three Billy Goats Gruff (ladybird edition) It’s not the story that’s important to me with this one, it’s the storytelling or rather...

Oct 1, 20212 min

How Long Does It Take...

...to write a novel? It's a loaded question, because it depends on what you mean; if you're asking how long does it take to put 80-90k...