crime novels | crime novels
Jul.18.2011
Robert McCrum's excellent article in the Guardian at the weekend rang home with me. He said that "Despite the received wisdom of the book trade, writers don't have careers in the conventional sense. Each book emerges from a private imaginative landscape. But that's not a career, more a...
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Jul.05.2011
I shall be on BBC Radio Solent on Wednesday 13 July talking to Julian Clegg, giving him and his listeners an update on my marine mystery crime and thriller novels. It will be an early session as usual, at about 6.45 a.m. It's always great to talk to Julian and to be on the radio and I really...
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Jun.28.2011
The news that Amazon Publishing has bought almost 50 titles written by the late crime author Ed McBain has sent ripples of alarm through the publishing world as the retailer encroaches ever deeper into publishing, but it has no doubt delighted McBain fans. I also read the news with a personal...
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Jun.23.2011
Editing is an essential part of writing, a point that I hammered home on the Crime Writing Workshop I ran last Saturday. It is a critical requirement to getting published by a publishing house and is even more important if self-publishing. Editing is an important part of an author's job. The first...
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Jun.16.2011
On 20 June I'll be appearing on the Alex Dyke Show on BBC Radio Solent on his Big Hour slot between 12.00 and 13.00. I'll be chatting to Alex about my DI Andy Horton marine mystery crime novels and my thrillers set in the Solent area and Portsmouth. You can listen live via the BBC Radio Solent...
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Jun.09.2011
The Crime Writers' Association (CWA), of which I am very proud to be a member, is celebrating crime writing with National Crime Writing Week between June 13 and 19, 2011. There are lots of events going on around the UK with author talks, appearances, readings, book signings and workshops.
I am...
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Jun.05.2011
Time frames in novels, and particularly when writing a series, are a tricky thing. There is 'real time' and then there is 'fictional time'. In 'real time’ I write one DI Horton a year whereas in ‘fictional time’ the novels are currently set over a period of a year.
Tide of Death, which...
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Jun.03.2011
Opinion is free, and part of being a published author is that you have to accept that some people will love your books, others will loathe them. What one critic raves over another will slate. Most authors dread reviews. For nine months (and sometimes longer for some authors) you have poured...
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May.26.2011
On Monday 20 June I will be presenting prizes to the winners of the Crime & Intrigue Short Story Competition on the Isle of Wight, organised by the Wight Fair Writers' Circle.
I'll also be signing copies of my DI Andy Horton crime novels and my thrillers, alongside crime writing team Bob and...
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May.25.2011
It's not everyday I get invited to a publisher's party and when it happened to be my publisher, Severn House, how could I possibly refuse!
Drinks with my publisher followed the announcement of the shortlist for the CWA Dagger Awards at Crimefest on Friday 20 May.
Had a fantastic time and while...
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