I hope anyone reading this is very well and enjoying some good crime fiction, there’s certainly plenty around at the moment. I’ve personally enjoyed a number of good books this year and looking forward to getting into some more once I’ve made my way through my current read, which has not reached the same heights.Continue reading “Free eBook, Half Way There and a Big Blog for a Big B’Day”
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Missed Blogs, Changed Plan and a Rejection
Well, I’ve managed to miss a couple of months blogs over the last couple of months for various reasons, so apologies for the delayed update. There have been a few things happening whilst I have been away, but the main reason for this blog is to get me back on track for some of myContinue reading “Missed Blogs, Changed Plan and a Rejection”
Will There Be Another Ian Rankin?
Most of my blogs are a mixture of positive interaction about being an up and coming crime writer with a dash of music, TV or other connected nonsense. It’s not often I would write a negative blog, but if you would humour me for a moment, there’s something I would like to get off myContinue reading “Will There Be Another Ian Rankin?”
Top 10 Perfectly Cast Sleuths
It’s been a while since I did a Top 10, so I’ve decided to share who I think are ten of the most perfectly cast actors to play a sleuth. I’ve focused on British shows to begin with as I may do a separate European/Rest of the World list in the future. 10 – DouglasContinue reading “Top 10 Perfectly Cast Sleuths”
2024 – How’s The Plan Going?
Being the last day of March, I wanted to put out a quick blog so that I can maintain a run of at least one blog each month this year. This month’s ramble will be to provide an update on how the year has been progressing, from a writing perspective, and how I am performingContinue reading “2024 – How’s The Plan Going?”
Book Blog 4 of 4 – Lightning Bolt
Well, this blog brings us to the fourth and final weekly update regarding the books that I have published thus far. Lightning Bolt is the third in the current DI Jo Christie series and it was good to get back to these characters after a few years away working on other stories and a coupleContinue reading “Book Blog 4 of 4 – Lightning Bolt”
Book Blog 3 of 4 – Five Against One
Following the release of ‘Christie’s Early Cases’ (see previous blog), I now had my main characters written and developing nicely to attempt a full novel. Most of the feedback I had received from the first book was very positive, but as often the case with short stories, the readers wanted more (e.g. a novel). IContinue reading “Book Blog 3 of 4 – Five Against One”
Book Blog 2 of 4 – Christie’s Early Cases
It was around 2014 when the idea for DI Joanne Christie started to develop. I had been writing some short stories with the character DI James Slim, set in Glasgow, but I was worried that he would end up being a ‘Glasgow Rebus’ type character, even if they are very different. I knew that IContinue reading “Book Blog 2 of 4 – Christie’s Early Cases”
Book Blog 1 of 4 – Alive
So, the plan is to write four blogs in February to tell you a bit about the creation of the four novels that I have written thus far. I have written about some of this before, but I’ll try and add some new interesting titbits if I can along the way. We start at theContinue reading “Book Blog 1 of 4 – Alive”
2024 Plans Blog – 1st of Many?
I posted a blog previously of my big plans for 2023 and needless to say failed in many of the categories. Sometimes as an upcoming, independent writer (with a full time job and family commitments) the best laid plans don’t always come off. This hasn’t detracted me from setting goals for this year, and weContinue reading “2024 Plans Blog – 1st of Many?”
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