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50 Songs at 50

I’ve been thinking about compiling a list of songs that have been important to me throughout my life for a while now and, with this being my 50th year on this mortal coil, I felt now was as good a time as any. This is not a list of my 50 favourite songs, more aContinue reading “50 Songs at 50”

Free eBook, Half Way There and a Big Blog for a Big B’Day

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”

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”