I’ve done a few posts with a ‘Desert Island’ theme and thought I would move onto Crime Drama Boxsets for my latest blog. Most of these are British and European crime dramas, which is the bulk of what I watch. I find many American series tend to go on too long and lose their impact.Continue reading “Desert Island Crime Drama Boxsets”
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Goodbye Edinburgh, Hello East Lothian
For those who do not know my geographical background, I was born and raised in the West of Scotland before moving to Edinburgh in 2005. When I started writing, around 2011, I knew that my books would be set in Scotland’s beautiful capital city. So much has been been written about Edinburgh and some ofContinue reading “Goodbye Edinburgh, Hello East Lothian”
Introducing ‘Alexander Simpson’
Before I introduce who Alexander Simpson is, I need to take you back to the very start of my writing journey… The year was 2011 and I was reading a lot of crime novels and watching a large amount of crime drama. I had toyed with the idea of writing a book, much in theContinue reading “Introducing ‘Alexander Simpson’”
Who is Detective Inspector Joanne Christie?
One thing that is common amongst most crime writers is a character series. Even more common is that the most successful crime writers have a tendency to have multiple character series, going back to the time of Dame Agatha Christie with Poirot and Marple to modern day writers such as Val McDermid, James Oswald andContinue reading “Who is Detective Inspector Joanne Christie?”
Pearl Jam – Top 10
To celebrate the release of Pearl Jam’s eleventh studio album, Gigaton, I thought I would rank their previous 10 in order of my personal preference. I should point out that I believe that there are no poor PJ albums and the following is just my opinion. Please feel free to share your own list, thereContinue reading “Pearl Jam – Top 10”
Desert Island Crime Drama Cars
For the latest in my series of ‘Desert Island’ blogs, I have decided to choose 8 cars that have featured in British Crime Dramas on the television (so Magnum PI’s Ferrari is off the list). Some of the cars may differ from what the crime writers wrote in their novels, however, I have chosen theContinue reading “Desert Island Crime Drama Cars”
Desert Island Guitars
Following my last blog when I chose my favourite crime novels, I decided to do the same with my other passion – guitars. I had a bit of fun on Twitter recently when I asked some people if they could have any other guitarist’s guitar, which and whose would they pick. I got some repliesContinue reading “Desert Island Guitars”
Desert Island Crime Books
Most of you will be aware of the long running BBC Radio 4 series, Desert Island Discs. For those of you who don’t, guests are invited to share the 8 songs they would take with them if stranded on a desert island, along with 1 book and a luxury item. I thought I would playContinue reading “Desert Island Crime Books”
Music and Crime Fiction
I wrote in my last blog about how important music is to my writing and I wanted to expand on it in my latest blog. So let me start with a confession, I wanted to be a rock star. I taught myself how to play guitar around 30 years ago and the guitar has alwaysContinue reading “Music and Crime Fiction”
What’s The Big Idea?
How do authors come up with so many different ideas? Stories generally start with a simple idea by the author and there are many ways in which an author can get inspired to write. In this blog, I wanted to write about how I came up with the idea which would develop into my debutContinue reading “What’s The Big Idea?”
