Author Archives: rossalexwriter

Well, the plan to post more blogs is not going well. We are nearing the end of October and this is just the second of the year (although that is 2 more than I posted last year). My targets are also well behind schedule, however, I did complete one of them and I’m delighted aboutContinue reading “Christie 3 is Finally Here and A Year of Female Authors”

I knew that it had been a while since I last wrote and posted a blog, but I was somewhat startled (and a little ashamed) that it was 31st December 2021. That means that I failed to post anything in 2022, so as well as sharing what I’ve been up to I promise to uploadContinue reading “What the Hell Happened to 2022? Book of the Year and plans for 2023”

At the end of last year, I had the idea to try and read the alphabet in authors. As the thought grew, I decided it would be fun if they were all crime writers. A quick internet search confirmed that it was possible and thus began my journey. I felt that this would give meContinue reading “My 2021 A-Z Of Crimewriters (Includes my Book of the Year)”

A return to book/writing subject matter this month with a blog about ‘Book Pimpage’. Now before I begin, I must credit the title of this blog to the very excellent Mark Billingham who mentioned it in a recent tweet and I thought that it was the best writer’s expression in the history of Twitter. HeContinue reading “Book Pimpage”

For this month’s blog, I wanted to pay tribute to the Crime Drama sidekick. Before I begin my countdown and wanted to touch on some of my own thoughts for these characters and my considerations when I was writing my own crime novels and how these sidekick(s) would be part of the stories. In theContinue reading “Top Ten Crime Drama Sidekicks”

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”

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”

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’”