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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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”
Mar 2025 – Books of My Years
For my latest blog, I decided to take some inspiration from a radio show/podcast called ‘Tracks of My Years’ and take a bookish spin on it. The below list is not of my favourite books of all time (although some may fit into that category), but more the books that shaped me throughout my lifeContinue reading “Mar 2025 – Books of My Years”
Jan 2025 – A Look Back and A Look Forward
My first monthly blog of the year will cover what happened last year and my plans for the year coming. I’ll also talk about some changes in my social media profile and take a peek between my fingers to see how I did against my 2024 goals. One of the exciting part of last year,Continue reading “Jan 2025 – A Look Back and A Look Forward”
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?”
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 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”
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