Today I am thrilled and honoured to have university lecturer (called a “professor” in the USA and elsewhere), Andy Sutton on the blog. Andy lives with prosopagnosia, also known in layman’s terms as face blindness. Andy is a UK male born in the early 1960s and is a father of two children. Today is publication day […]
Beta Readers – The Book World’s Unsung Heroes by Dave Sivers
Today we have a guest post from crime author Dave Sivers on launch day of his new book. So happy publication day Dave! Dave’s civil service career took him to exotic places like Rhode Island USA, Cyprus, Brussels, Northern Norway and Sutton Coldfield. Along the way, he moonlighted variously as nightclub bouncer, bookie’s clerk […]
Why We Love To Read About Serial Killers by Karen Long
Today I have a guest post for you, written by crime author, Karen Long. Karen Long was born and raised in the English midlands, educated at Bangor University and taught English and Drama for fifteen years. During her teaching years she studied biology and neurology with the Open University and this interest in medicine, forensics […]
What Really Needs To Go Into A Fiction Book Blurb by Glenna Mageau
Today we have a great guest post by author Glenna Mageau on writing the difficult blurb for the back of your book jacket. Glenna an award-winning suspense/thriller author, works with Indie/Self-Published authors to create attention grabbing fiction book blurbs. Her first attempts at writing fiction book blurbs were dismal, time-consuming and very stressful. Finally figuring out […]
Peter Bartram – Where I Get My Ideas From
Today I have a guest post by crime author Peter Bartram. Peter began his career as a local reporter before working as a journalist in Fleet Street and finally becoming freelance. He’s pursued stories in locations as diverse as 700-feet down a coal mine and a courtier’s chambers at Buckingham Palace. His novels are fast-paced […]
How It Feels To Bring A Crime Series To A Close
Today Douglas Skelton is talking on the blog about bringing a series to a close. For fans of series fiction as I am, this is certainly an interesting read. Douglas is a crime writer who specialises in non-fiction and fiction from the darker side of the world. His non-fiction charts the true life exploits of […]
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