Distress Signals by Catherine Ryan Howard Genre; Crime Did she leave or was she taken? The day Adam Dunne’s girlfriend, Sarah, fails to return from a Barcelona business trip, his perfect life begins to fall apart. Days later, the arrival of her passport and a note that reads ‘I’m sorry – S’ sets off real […]
Writing Crime – The Caution
This is part of the writing crime/policing series for UK based police facts and this post was prompted by another question I was asked by a friend who writes crime. When someone is brought in for questioning with no evidence (as in you are still gathering and you ask them to help […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – Cal Moriarty
Today I’m really excited to welcome Cal Moriarty to the blog to talk about her first draft process. Cal is a screenwriter, director and novelist. She is the creator of the Wonderland Series, Killing Bobbi Lomax is the first in a planned quartet. You can find my review of this fabulous novel Here. When you decide […]
Doctor Who Meets #Crimefest16
This past weekend I attended my first Crimefest – Crime Fiction Convention (as it’s described on the programme). It’s held in Bristol in the UK and runs from Thursday 19th May to Sunday 22nd May. There are going to be many blog posts online, about this weekend and this is my account of it . Crimefest […]
What’s Your First Draft Like? – Virginia King
Today I’m pleased to welcome Virginia King to the First Draft hot seat. Virginia was born in Sydney. Before becoming the author of a psychological mystery series, she’d led an almost-normal life. She’d been a teacher, an unemployed ex-teacher, the author of over 50 children’s books, an audio-book producer, a workshop presenter and a prize-winning […]
Who’s Looking After The Zebras?
When you hear hoofbeats think horses not zebras. That’s what medical students are taught during training. What does this mean? That, when you have a patient with a list of symptoms, reach for the more common, more likely diagnosis, rather than the rare diagnosis. Because the rarer diagnosis sticks in the mind more easily, students […]
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