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”
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”
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”
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?”
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 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?”
How To Write A Novel (or How I Wrote Mine)
When, eventually, I admitted to people that I had written and self published a novel, many people asked me about the process and stated that they could never do it themselves. I believe the old saying that there is a novel in everyone, it is just not everyone is brave enough to take on theContinue reading “How To Write A Novel (or How I Wrote Mine)”
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