NaNoWriMo

I don’t know if you’ve noticed it, but there’s often a point in any long-running series when you can tell that it has gone past its sell-by date. The plots start to repeat or lack originality, the characters just seem … Continued

Following my completion of The Safety of the Realm, I wondered what to do next. I had five possibilities, half-written stories that I wanted to get finished. After playing around with them for a few days, to see what inspiration … Continued

It hardly seems possible but my nineteenth novel will hit the virtual shelves on Saturday, July the first. I never thought it would happen but the ideas just seem to keep coming, faster than I can get them finished. I … Continued

Whenever I’ve had a few spare moments, or when inspiration was scarce for one of my novels, I’ve found myself working on a new project and a totally new style of writing for me. It’s a collection of short stories … Continued

One of the problems with having what’s referred to as an “active imagination” is that you get ideas faster than you can write them down. A couple of weeks ago, I told you about the half-finished novels that I’m desperate … Continued

It hardly seems possible but it’s a year since my novel, We Are Saul, hit the virtual shelves. The idea was based on an idea I had for a short story, which I called My Shadow and Me. And a … Continued

September the first, 2023 is the big day for my twentieth novel. After a gap of nearly three years, I’ve finally got around to finishing the fifth full-length Andorra Pett adventure. It was really good to get back to Andorra’s … Continued