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”
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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?”
Book of the Year – A quick blog
Having just completed reading my 20th book of the year, now comes the time to pick my book of the year. I know that I’m about 200 books short of being a proper Book Blogger or be in a position to become a BookTuber, I have many other commitments, a full time job and IContinue reading “Book of the Year – A quick blog”
