Today we have the bite-sized interviews back and I’m really excited to be able to share this one. It was great to speak with Dan as it was fascinating to see the other side of novel writing, the side that many novelists maybe looks towards with a glint in their eye. Their book on the […]
Helen Smith on Organising The Online BritCrime Festival And What Comes Next (Video)
Today, I have a bite-sized interview, but it’s not quite so bite-sized. The video is slightly over 22 minutes long, but it’s worth watching if you’re interested in BritCrime in any way. If you attended the hectic 3-day online festival in July or heard the buzz around it and wondered what you missed or are […]
Cath Staincliffe on Writing About Victims In Crime Fiction (Video)
Welcome to another bite-sized interview. Today I have the very accomplished Cath Staincliffe. Cath is a Manchester based crime writer. She’s the author of the Sal Kilkenny private eye stories and creator and scriptwriter of Blue Murder, ITV’s hit detective drama starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. She writes the Scott & Bailey books, […]
Caroline Mitchell on Crossing Genres In Writing (Video)
Welcome to another of the bite-sized interviews. Today is a really interesting one as I talk to Caroline Mitchell, author of true event non-fiction book, Paranormal Intruder and crime fiction novel Don’t Turn Around which has a supernatural twist to it. We discuss writing books that cross genres and how Caroline decided to go that […]
Jane Isaac on Writing From A Different Gender Point Of View
The bite-sized interviews are back! And this is something I’m really pleased about. They’re short and snappy and they’re not written format, they’re video, so they’re great fun to do and hopefully great to view. Today we have crime author Jane Isaac talking to us about what it is like writing from the opposing gender […]
Is Being A Lawyer Really Like Being A Con Man?
Last night I interviewed crime author Steve Cavanagh for the bite-sized interviews feature. Steve is a working Lawyer in Northern Ireland and has released his debut legal thriller, The Defence – reviewed Here – set in the US. I spoke to him about what it’s like working as a lawyer and writing about it, dipping […]