How I Started Writing by Leigh Russell
I started writing relatively late in life, and it has literally changed my life. I’m not talking about the outward trappings of being a bestselling author: earning my living from writing fictio...
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Deadly Pleasures is an anthology of brand new stories by members of the CWA, to celebrate our Diamond Jubilee. The introduction is kindly provided by Peter James, Chair of the CWA 2011-2013, an...
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Undercover agent – are writers the new spies? by Amy Bird
We’ve heard about spies and undercover police officers forming relationships and living whole false lives in order to infiltrate, or research, particular groups. What about a writer becoming friends w...
Criminal London – why the capital still thrills us
London may no longer be a place of opium dens, vile alleys and gin holes, as it was in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s day, but it is still an attractive proposition for a crime writer. From Robert Wil...
A Fatal Cut by Priscilla Masters
In a new feature every other Tuesday the CRA will be focusing on books from new sponsors Endeavour Press Ltd. A Fatal Cut by Priscalla Masters (Free today 15.04.2014) ‘His patient was ready. H...
The stalker – why our obsessive fascination with the obsessed? Amy Bird
Tell someone you have written a book about a stalker, and there’s an ‘ooh’ moment – a leaning in, a sense of intrigue. So what is it that continues to fascinate crime writers and readers about stalker...
Must crime writers experience their crimes to write convincingly? Amy Bird
Our Featured Author for April is Amy Bird and this is the first of four posts she will be writing for the CRA. Read more about Amy in her CRA author profile How far should you go in the name of resear...
The Joys of Research – Evonne Wareham
Giveaway – Evonne has kindly offered a signed paperback copy of her multi award winning book – Never Coming Home. To win this great prize comment on this post letting us know your thoughts...
A Midwinter Murder by Peter Tonkin
In a new feature every other Tuesday the CRA will be focusing on books from new sponsors Endeavour Press Ltd. A Midwinter Murder by Peter Tonkin Christmas 1594. Tom is called away from the dress rehea...
The Scourge of Self-Doubt A.J Waines
In my work as a Psychotherapist, many creative people have come to me with self-doubt about their chosen craft. They tell me that they have stopped producing, because what they are going to create mig...
Forensic Holmes – Kelvin I Jones
The most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, made his first public appearance in December 1887 in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. The story, A Study in Scarlet, was not an immediate success when...
A J Waines – The Importance of Settings
In the third of her Featured Author posts A.J. Waines looks at the importance of settings. One of the major appeals for UK readers of Nordic Noir and Scandi Crime novels has to be the settings. In S...
Bad Press – Bea Davenport
Bea Davenport looks at representations of the media Like millions of viewers, I’ve been glued to the almost-excellent Line of Duty, the series about police corruption, with its twisting plotlines and...
The Importance of Book Titles – A. J. Waines
In the second of her Featured Author posts A.J. Waines looks at the importance of book titles. The title of a book is undoubtedly the first thing we see about it, backed up by the image on the...
Forensic Holmes – Kelvin I Jones
The most famous detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes, made his first public appearance in December 1887 in Beeton’s Christmas Annual. The story, A Study in Scarlet, was not an immediate success when...
Conned – L.C. Tyler
He’d conned her. Of that much she was certain. The only things she could not work out were how and why. In the background, the air-conditioning still purred respectfully. Looking out through the pla...
Getting Past Writers Block – A J Waines
As a Psychotherapist, I’ve often worked with creative people and come across many writers, artists, actors and composers who’ve got ‘stuck’. They feel paralysed, inert and lost – then as a resul...
The Daily Grind – Stella Whitelaw
My work space I work at an oval dining room table. It’s vacated on Christmas Day. It’s jam-packed with papers and reference books as I write both books and short stories. Take a closer look There’s...
Expulsion from Eden by Judith Cutler
Exeter, 1813 Teigngrace Hall, in the county of Devon, was my favourite of the Earl of Teignbridge’s establishments. Very commodious and set in extensive parkland, it lay near the main roads to Newton...
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