Pariah Blurb It’s a bad enough day for NYPD detective Callum Doyle when his cop partner is murdered. It’s about to get a hell of a lot worse …When the dead man’s replacement is also brutally killed, suspicion falls on Doyle himself. Then he receives an anonymous message. This is just the beginning, it says. […]
The First Draft
So on Saturday I did the first read through of the first draft of my crime novel. It was an amazing feeling just seeing it printed out. I could visibly see I had achieved something. What did I find? I found some of it was okay. Some of it needs work. There were plot holes […]
Read Through
The first draft is finally complete! I can’t believe I’ve finished something so massive. I am really pleased with what I have achieved so far, but it doesn’t stop here. Last night I printed out the whole thing and today I am going to sit down and read it through. From beginning to end. I’m going to […]
Blog Schedule
Following on from a previous blog post where I discussed the possibility of setting a blogging schedule, I’ve decided the best thing for the blog and I is to have a running schedule. I’m a slightly disorganised person so if I have deadlines and schedules I’m more likely to make sure things get done. I […]
Reading by Example
I read regularly. I read books I can hold in my hands and fairly recently, I’ve started reading ebooks. My kids see me reading and they also see me writing. My love of books and the written word is there in plain sight. Now it’s too late to have much influence on the teenager. I […]
Crushing Crisis of Confidence
I’m nearing the end of my first draft. It’s so close I can taste it. It’s likely I will complete it by the end of this week. You would think I would be excited by this, and don’t get me wrong, I am – but – I can see there is a lot of work […]
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