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The power of normalcy in crime fiction

In the world of crime fiction, we spend a lot of time writing about extraordinary things. Extraordinary crimes, incredible leaps of logic that lead to the solving of those crimes, amazing strength of...

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The perils of the first book

There comes a point when writing your first book when a sense of something starts to take hold. It’s the sense of a slow realisation of just how much work is involved when writing a book. I think it’s...

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Independent publishing – the inclusive option

One of the criticisms often levelled at independent publishing is that it lets anyone who fancies it publish a book – the idea being that this has a negative impact on the quality of work published....

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Writing – should you put all your eggs in one basket?

Writing is an unpredictable business. There is often no telling where the next big success is going to come from. There’s often no telling whether that great book you’ve just self-published will sell...

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Everything you ever wanted or: the importance of desire in crime fiction

No, no that kind of desire. Sorry. So much of fiction – all fiction, really, not just crime fiction – is based around the desires of our characters. The things that they want or don’t want, the things...

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The pros and cons of dashing through your first draft

There are, naturally, lots of ways to go about writing the first draft of a novel, but there do seem to be two distinct schools of thought on the matter. First there is the school of thought that says...

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This is the article the Huffington Post refused to publish

Some of you might be aware that I have a column at The Huffington Post.  On 28th March 2014, I wrote an article, which I have reproduced in its entirety below, in which I attacked certain sections of...

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My Publishing Predictions for 2015

I don’t pretend to be a visionary, nor do I believe I have any more insight than anyone else, but I must say that a lot of the rubbish being spouted from all corners of the internet with people gazing...

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What the Charlie Hebdo Incident Teaches Us about Freedom of Expression

A drawing — not, as has been claimed, by Banksy but by French artist Lucille Clerc. Yesterday’s attack on the offices of French magazine Charlie Hebdo has been, as expected, very well covered in the...

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Is Writing a Real Job?

What is a ‘real job’ anyway? I often joke about what I do for a living when people ask me. I tend to say I’m a writer, actor and anything else which means I don’t have to get a real job. But how do you...

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