June 2018 Blog Posts (13)

Bringing your characters to life



Further to my recent post on reviews, The Railway Man received one on Amazon recently, which said: “The author continues to come up with great storylines and continues to develop the main characters further so it’s like you nearly seem to…

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Added by John Dean on June 29, 2018 at 13:30 — No Comments

A thought-provoking review

Reviews are part of a writer’s life and most reviewers are positive; even if they do not like the book (I am fortunate in that the vast majority of Amazon reviewers do like my work) they try to be constructive and explain why. I respect that and my view is that if the reviewer makes a valid point a writer…

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Added by John Dean on June 28, 2018 at 9:35 — No Comments

The rise and rise of crime fiction



British readers have become more gripped by crime and thriller novels, with sales up by 19% between 2015 and 2017, recently-published figures suggest.…

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Added by John Dean on June 27, 2018 at 11:00 — No Comments

Online crime fiction course runs

Added by John Dean on June 26, 2018 at 16:10 — No Comments

The Vixen's Scream - in audio!

Check out Nicholas Camm’s brilliant performance on the audio book of the DCI Harris mystery The Vixen’s Scream, one of four of my books available in audio, all read by Nicholas.

A series of blood-curdling screams is heard in the dead of the Cumbrian night. When the body of a young woman is found, rumours quickly spread that a serial killer is at work in the…

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Added by John Dean on June 26, 2018 at 16:08 — No Comments

Diamond stuff

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Added by John Dean on June 26, 2018 at 16:01 — No Comments

The Danny Radford novels

I also write under the name John Stanley, with two novels having been published by the Book Folks, featuring DCI Danny Radford, who investigates crime in a decaying northern city riddled by corruption.

You can check…

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Added by John Dean on June 26, 2018 at 13:48 — No Comments

Nicholas Camm brings novel to audio life

Check out Nicholas Camm’s brilliant performance on the audio book of the DCI Blizzard mystery The Long Dead, one of four of my books available in audio, all read by Nicholas.…

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Added by John Dean on June 26, 2018 at 13:30 — No Comments

Writing course runs at The Galleries in Kirkudbright

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Added by John Dean on June 15, 2018 at 14:53 — No Comments

A place in the top 100

Five of the Blizzard and Harris crime novels are currently residing in the Top 100…

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Added by John Dean on June 5, 2018 at 15:30 — No Comments

A publisher worth checking out

I am proud to be one of a stable of writers published by the Book Folks of London - you can check them all out, including Anna Willett, whose latest novel is shown here, at http://thebookfolks.com/

Added by John Dean on June 5, 2018 at 15:13 — No Comments

The golden rules of writing

Here are my golden rules for witing.

* Consider the reader - do not write for yourself, always write for the reader.

* Be…

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Added by John Dean on June 1, 2018 at 16:00 — No Comments

Standing up for 'Man's best friend'

Life imitating art, I have recently become a dog owner, like my character DCI Jack Harris. It gives extra poignance to To Die Alone, one of the Harris series, part of which is set in the murky world of illegal dog fighting. You can buy the novel at …

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Added by John Dean on June 1, 2018 at 16:00 — No Comments

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Author Ian Robinson has a new crime novel out - and it’s attracting plenty of glowing reviews. Criminal Justice (The Book Folks) introduces undercover police officer Sam Batford, a man who walks the narrow line between successful detective and corrupt cop. The novel sees him sent to work with a serious crime team in London in an investigation which sees him play the good…See More
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Authors highlight different ways of starting to write a book

I have just started writing my next crime novel and I have more time to concentrate on it now that Kirkcudbright Book Week, which I help organise, has come to an end for this year.In fact, the subject of how best to begin a story cropped up during Book Week, not least when I chaired an in-conversation event at the Selkirk Arms, featuring crime writers Traude Ailinger,…See More
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Tackling the dreaded blank first page

 I am working on a new DCI John Bizzard crime novel for my publisher The Book Folks, and that means being faced with the dreaded blank first page.So, how do writers get going under such circumstances? How do they start writing their story? Well, in this hectic world, I have always felt that there is a lot to be said for holding back and allowing myself a little time to…See More
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