The Audience By Douglas SkeltonThree years ago, if you’d asked me to stand in front of an audience and talk, I’d’ve died with my feet in the air. Now, when I go to the fridge and the light comes on, I do a ten minute bit. I wanted...
Three, Three The Rivals By Anthea FraserEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. Three, Three The Rivals by Anthea Fraser Tell me more! When Sheila Fairchild wakes one night from a chi...
Where do you get your ideas? By Douglas SkeltonWhere do you get your ideas? Writers will tell you that question is one they are most often asked, but it is still a valid query. How does a bunch of perfectly normal, well-adjusted – well, in the mai...
On the Run – By Douglas SkeltonI was once on the run from the law, a hunted fugitive, an innocent man jumping at every knock at the door, every footstep on the street… Okay, I wasn’t exactly Dr Richard Kimble but for a week or two...
The Quick and the DeadEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. The Quick and the Dead by Alison Joseph (Download for free on 11.08.15) Tell me more! Sister Agn...
Glasgow? By Douglas SkeltonOne of the questions I’m often asked about my crime fiction is, why Glasgow? It’s such a well-used backdrop for the genre, surely you could write about somewhere else? Of course I could but I’m a Glas...
A Well Pressed ShroudEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. A Well Pressed Shroud, Nicholas Rhea (Download for free today 28.07.15) Tell me more! Hardworking Detec...
I’ve been reading crime fiction since I was a child. When I give talks at libraries I like to mention the authors that have influenced me as a writer. I always start off with Carolyn Keene’s Nancy Dre...
My debut novel In Bitter Chill deals with the kidnapping of two young girls in the 1970s. It’s a distressing subject but I never considered the topic to be off-limits partly because it’s based on a ne...
What’s so attractive about a cold landscape? There are numerous great writers who set their crime novels in the Mediterranean heat (Andrea Camilleri, Petros Markaris) or the humidity of the American d...
Sarah Ward – When Two Is Better Than One: Dual TimelinesCrime fiction readers demand more sophisticated novels than the ones I read as a teenager. While the golden age mysteries that I devoured had complex plots full of twists and turns, the action was usu...
February 1947 was the coldest on record. Snow fell somewhere in the UK every day from January 22nd until mid March.There were fifteen foot snow drifts. Supplies had to be airlifted to villages and hou...
‘How’s the novel going?’ asked my husband. ‘Hard going,’ I said. ‘Why?’ ‘You know how when you’re writing something scholarly you have to decide what to...
The Apothecary’s HouseEvery other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. The Apothecary’s House by Adrian Mathews (Download for FREE today 16.06.2015) Tell me more! When...
The Crime Writers’ Association are delighted to reveal the long listed authors for the CWA Goldsboro Gold Dagger, the CWA John Creasey (New Blood) Dagger and the CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger. Th...
‘I draw from life – but I always pulp my acquaintance before serving them up. You would never recognise a pig in a sausage.’ I love this quotation from Fanny Trollope, mother of the...
It’s probably true to say that every fiction book intended for publication needs to be slotted into a specific genre. Some of these are very broad such as ‘crime fiction’ or ‘c...
I believe it was Agatha Christie who remarked that murder was a good occupation for a woman at home. What she might have added was that nevertheless it was important for that woman to get out of the h...
National Crime Reading MonthCrime Reading Month has started with a great post from Sarah Hilary. Over the next 30 days we have posts from some amazing crime writers – all members of the Crime Writers Association – in...
Angela Buckley – Skeletons in the ClosetInspiration for writing about crime takes many forms and, for me, it was my own family history that first drew me into the nineteenth century underworld. All families have skeletons in their genealogi...
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