Rules for Writers – David Beckler
When I began writing a few years ago, I hadn’t a clue about the craft of writing and didn’t even know if I could sustain a narrative for the required 80-100k words. For thirty odd years the only writi...
Immortal Madonna by Yvonne Crowe
Every other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. The Immortal Madonna – Yvonne Crowe Free Kindle Edition today (20.01.2015) What’s it all a...
Rules for Detective Stories – David Beckler
Monsignor Ronald Knox came up with 10 rules of detective fiction as a preface to Best Detective Stories of 1928-29: 1) The criminal must be someone mentioned in the early part of the story, but must n...
Music while you work?
I recently saw this quote from Paul Auster: “I’ve heard of people who write with music playing. This is unthinkable to me because the music that you’re listening to is the music of the language that y...
Fifty Shades of Nighttime Grey; Walking the Somerset Levels By Nina Milton
Have you ever walked the Somerset Levels at night? I have, purely for research purposes, and it was a scary experience. On the night I took my walk, charcoal clouds were scuttling across the sky. The...
Sherlock Holmes At The Raffles Hotel – John Hall
Every other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press. Sherlock Holmes At The Raffles Hotel by John Hall – Free ebook today (06.01.2015) What’s it...
The 12 Suspects of Christmas: The Solution
Previously in this periodical, the author put before you a Yuletide conundrum and now begs your indulgence to present her elegant solution… It was the second day of the Year of Our Lord 1896, wh...
The 12 Suspects of Christmas – The Solution
Previously in this periodical, the author put before you a Yuletide conundrum and now begs your indulgence to present her elegant solution… It was the second day of the Year of Our Lord 1896, wh...
The Daily Grind: A.D. Garrett
Writer: A.D. Garrett Workspace: My office overlooks a reservoir. Which sounds idyllic, but isn’t. The reservoir is covered and is just a flat-topped, grassy mound. More romantically, the mound...
The 12 Suspects of Christmas: The Mystery – Rosie Claverton
Christmas, 1895. The Old Manor House had been in the D’Argent family for generations and, as was traditional for the season, they always invited their closest family and friends to dine w...
A toxic family Christmas – Amy Bird, author of Hide and Seek explores the danger of relationships pushed to the edge
Picture the Christmas dinner table. Everyone laughing happily as the champagne bubbles go up their nose, crackers explode, and the Christmas pudding is set alight just in time for you to devour it whi...
Murder Will Out- Alison Joseph
Every other Tuesday we feature a publication from leading independent publisher Endeavour Press Ltd. Murder Will Out – Alison Joseph Free to download 23.12.2014 1923The Great War is over, but th...
Christmas secrets – Amy Bird, author of Hide and Seek, unwraps some sinister gifts
Christmas. A time to be in the bosom of your family. Your nearest and dearest. Whom you know everything about and trust implicitly. Right? But what if everything around you is fake. I don’t mean the t...
Supporting Cast: Breathing Life into Secondary Characters – Rosie Claverton
Any writer worth their salt knows how to flesh out a protagonist. A crime-solving hero (or anti-hero) must be a three-dimensional creature with strengths and flaws, quirks and history. If you talked a...
CWA Margery Allingham Short Story Competition
The CWA Margery Allingham Short Story competition was set up in 2013 to celebrate the short story and Margery Allingham’s contribution to crime writing. Supported by the Margery Allingham Society we a...
Reading Around the Edges: Expanding Your Book Horizons – Rosie Claverton
I like to think of myself as an eclectic reader but, in truth, I return to the same things again and again. I’m a sucker for historical mysteries – from Paul Doherty’s The Mask of...
‘Tis the Season: Writing with the Weather – Rosie Claverton
It’s always raining in Wales. This is, of course, a fallacy. It only rains on about half the days of the year in Wales, less so in Cardiff. However, I feel a particular sense of homecoming when...
CWA Dagger in the Library announced
The winner of the CWA’s Dagger in the Library award was n announced at an event at Waterstones Piccadilly. Unlike most other literary prizes, the Dagger in the Library honours an author’s body of work...
Should Your Read Your Mother’s Private Letters And Diaries?
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, I have always loved crime fiction. And so when, a few years ago, I started writing I was sure my first book would be a mystery or whodunnit. Ho...
Marianne Wheelaghan – Move Away From The Keyboard!
There’s no way round it, writing is about us writers applying the seats of our trousers, or skirts, to the seat of our computer chairs. However, sometimes moving away from the keyboard is as imp...
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