I’m pleased to welcome Margaret Kirk to the blog to talk about her revision process today. Margaret is a Highland Scot with an abiding fondness for Glasgow, where she did an MA in modern languages. Germanophile, Runrig Fan and mad cat lady, she writes crime fiction set in Inverness and the Highlands. Out now in…
Writing Crime – Incomplete Offences
We’ve looked at the offence of Murder and also the offence of manslaughter, but what about incomplete offences? What about attempts and conspiracy? Let’s have a look, shall we? There are three main incomplete offences that you will be interested in for the sake of a crime novel. Incitement Conspiracy Attempt Now, these can be a…
Writing Crime – The Offence of Manslaughter
Last week we looked at the offence of murder. At the offence wording and what you have to prove to charge someone with the offence. But what if you can’t prove those points, but you still have a dead body and you still have someone in your custody who you believe is responsible for that…
Prosopagnosia (Face blindness) and Me by Andy Sutton
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…
Dead Blind Prologue
I’m excited to share the prologue of Dead Blind with you today. With less than a week to go before it’s published, I’m getting excited about releasing it into the world. The first blog review for it went up yesterday, and you can read that HERE. With huge thanks to Sharon Bairden for reading and reviewing!…
Who is Chris? – Life With Face Blindness…
I found this great little video online and thought I would share it in the run-up to the release of Dead Blind, the standalone novel due for release on 8th May. Available for pre-order HERE. My protagonist acquires prosopagnosia – otherwise known as Face blindness, where you can’t recognise people by their face. This proves particularly…
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