For most writers success is not an overnight event. One of my all time, and sadly missed, writer heroes, Iain Banks, completed five or six books before being published. He persisted. Now I write this […]
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The art of writing
Meet Inspector Kirby
Inspector Kirby, Jonah to his friends and ‘old school’ to his junior colleagues, wandered out of the cottage. He crossed the road and headed down the lane, with thorny hedge rows either side, that led […]
Getting into your characters – Inspector Kirby and Harold Longcoat
My latest project, Inspector Kirby and Harold Longcoat, due to be launched in a few week’s time, was great fun to write. Possibly, because it’s a change from my normal diet of science fiction, set […]
A writer on location
My latest book is out to agents – fingers crossed. Although, I won’t be too disappointed if it’s not taken up as I will be excited to see what I can do with it myself. […]
Why as an author I love to blog
I don’t deny that I started blogging as a way to build a profile as a writer and thereby promote my work, although not in a “buy my book, buy my book” sense. I also […]