Are you an aspiring crime writer who is keen to develop your craft? Then…Continue
Started Feb 23, 2021
Novelist John Dean is offering online courses for writing groups who may be struggling to meet in person during the current coronavirus restrictions.Crime writer John, who is based in Dumfries and…Continue
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John Dean is one of three UK Libraries Champions appointed by The Crime…Continue
Started Sep 12, 2018
For me, there are plenty of examples of stories which are well written - well-crafted and technically competent. Often, they are very, very good indeed.But they do not always enjoy success, be it…Continue
Started Mar 16, 2018
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I am delighted to announce that that my twenty fourth crime novel has been published and it plunges DCI Jack Harris into a murder investigation that takes him to Scotland in search of a killer.
In To Catch A Lie (The Book Folks) a man’s body is found on a country estate in the North Pennines area for which Harris is responsible.
The DCI…
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Much of the writing process relies on catalysts, little bombs that explode and infuse the narrative with energy (I appreciate that chemistry practitioners may now be yelling at the page in protest at the mixed metaphors contained in that sentence but you get the idea).
So what do these catalysts look like? Well, an example from the new DCI…
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Posted on March 22, 2024 at 10:00
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…
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