Writing and reading crime fiction we talk and read so much about death and the dead body, but it generally ends with the death itself and we don’t go into what happens after. In reality, our choices are, we think, burial or cremation, or as I’ve pointed out in a previous post, a few other […]
How To Find A Wonderful Idea (Video)
After working on some edits for my agent I’m now back writing a first draft. I find first drafts incredibly difficult. The white space feels as though it is mocking me on a daily basis. Strike that, never mind a daily basis. A minute by minute basis as I sit in front of my laptop. […]
How Boredom Can Lead To Your Most Brilliant Ideas
Today I have a TED talk by Manoush Zomorodi for you. It’s a fascinating talk. About how boredom can lead to deep thinking and brilliant creative ideas, how the world we live in stops it and what she found when she tried to do something about it. I loved how at the end she said […]
11 Crime Festivals Not To Miss In 2017
We’re at the start of a brand new year so I thought it was time to do this post again. I did one last year and it proved popular but I left it until March which might have been a bit late for some people to organise themselves planning the year ahead, so I promised […]
I Heart You Twitter
On Tuesday November 3rd 2015 Twitter changed it’s ‘Like’ icon, the star, to the what we see now. The Twitter heart. At first, as with most change, there was a fair bit of upset around the move. People in general, don’t fair well with change. It’s disconcerting. They liked the star. They didn’t like a […]
Bringing Social Back
I’ve always been a big fan of Twitter. It’s a social network that is quick and immediate. Allowing conversation to flow naturally, in any direction, with people finding each other with similar interests (for instance – book lovers, cake adorers and health fans) with the easy ability for others to jump into ongoing chats with […]
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