In my final blog of the year, I provide an update to DI Christie and discuss the year that has been. I Am Mine is the fifth in the DI Joanne Christie series and a bit of a change to other books I have written. Firstly, it is my first attempt at a locked roomContinue reading “Dec 2025 – DI Christie Update & the Year That Was”
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Nov 2025 – One, Two, Miss a Few and DI Christie Book 5 Update.
Well my plan of monthly blogs has, somewhat, gone out the window over the last few months so I will need to think of some things to share in the coming couple of months to catch up. Sometimes, an idea for a blog just comes to me and other times I just can’t think forContinue reading “Nov 2025 – One, Two, Miss a Few and DI Christie Book 5 Update.”
Jul 2025 – Half Way There – Living on a Prayer
This month’s blog provides an update on my writing progress and a few tips for handling the dreaded ‘Writer’s Block’ which was threatening me earlier this year. I am officially half way through DI Joanne Christie book number 5 and have made a commitment to write a chapter per week so that it will beContinue reading “Jul 2025 – Half Way There – Living on a Prayer”
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”
Desert Island Poirot
One of my most listened to podcasts of 2023 is the excellent ‘The Labours of Hercule’ where Frankie and Adam discuss the episodes of the Agatha Christie’s Poirot series starring David Suchet. Although there is a long way still to go before they complete the whole series, it has certainly inspired my latest ‘Desert Island’Continue reading “Desert Island Poirot”
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 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?”
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