Today crime writer Clare Mackintosh seats herself in the First Draft hot seat. Clare Mackintosh spent twelve years in the police force, including time on CID, and as a public order commander. She left the police in 2011 to work as a freelance journalist and social media consultant, and now writes full time. She is […]
My Decision To Become An Independent Author
Today I’m letting you know about an important decision I’ve made. The decision to become an independent author, to self publish my crime novel, Shallow Waters. It’s not a decision that I’ve taken lightly, or that I’m going into lightly, but it is a decision that I feel is the right one for me. As […]
How Does Psychology Support Crime Fiction? – Emma Kavanagh
Today I’m thrilled to be the first stop on Emma Kavanagh’s blog tour for the release of the paperback of her rather fabulous crime book Falling. It is published by Arrow at £6.99 For the tour I asked her what she thought her background in psychology brought to writing Falling. This was what she said. […]
Recently Read – Irene by Pierre Lemaitre
Irene by Pierre Lemaitre Genre: Crime fiction. For Commandant Verhoeven life is beautiful: he is happily married, expecting his first child with the lovely Irène. But his blissful existence is punctured by a murder of unprecedented savagery. Worse still, the press seem to have it in for him – his every move is headline news. […]
Should Books Be Age Certified?
You walk into a bookshop and it’s split into lovely sections for you to browse. To make it easier to find what you’re looking for. If you’re a writer and you are approaching agents they will want to know what genre it fits into. This, so it can be “shelved” easily in that very bookshop. […]
What's Your First Draft Like? – Steve Cavanagh
Today I’m pleased to welcome crime writer Steve Cavanagh into the First Draft hot seat. Steve is a practicing lawyer from Belfast (someday he might get the hang of it). His debut novel, The Defence, will be published by Orion Books on 26th March 2015. When you decide to write something new, what is the […]
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