March 2021 Blog Posts (9)

Manuscript assessments and editing

Crime novelist John Dean has teamed up with his daughter Laura, a skilled editor and manuscript assessor, to provide manuscript assessments.

Should you be interested in finding out more, then feel free to drop John a line and he and Laura can discuss your needs.  For further details, you can contact John at …

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Added by John Dean on March 31, 2021 at 13:54 — No Comments

No Age To Die tops 50 reviews and ratings

The latest novel in the crime fiction series featuring Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard has passed 50 reviews and ratings on Amazon, having been published by The Book Folks. Thank you to those who took the time to pass on…

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Added by John Dean on March 31, 2021 at 13:30 — No Comments

Soutar Festival of Words

This may interest. Culture Perth & Kinross Libraries in Scotland have announced that Douglas Stuart, Sally Magnusson, Vic Galloway, Elaine C Smith, Cameron McNeish and many more will be appearing online at the Soutar Festival of Words during April. Tickets are available now, and with the exception of a small charge for a couple of workshops, all…

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Added by John Dean on March 31, 2021 at 9:44 — No Comments

Date announced for crime writing celebration

Libraries, booksellers, publishers and festivals are among those being invited to take part in National Crime Reading Month this June.

National Crime Reading Month is a unique festival, held throughout the UK, which promotes the crime genre. Hosted by the Crime Writers’ Association (CWA), it will take place throughout the month of June,…

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Added by John Dean on March 19, 2021 at 10:01 — No Comments

An ideal place to stay

I am delighted that the Selkirk Arms in Kirkcudbright is supporting my weekend writing workshops, to be…

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Added by John Dean on March 15, 2021 at 10:30 — No Comments

Priscilla is latest Mug Shots subject

Interested in crime fiction? Then check out Priscilla Masters talking about her craft in the latest instalment of the free Tall Tales Mysteries Mug Shots series of films, which I have helped to plan, at…

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Added by John Dean on March 11, 2021 at 9:23 — No Comments

Blizzard takes on the world!

I am pleased to say that the latest novel in the crime fiction series featuring Detective Chief Inspector John Blizzard has attracted some encouraging reviews, having been recently published by The Book Folks.…

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Added by John Dean on March 10, 2021 at 16:16 — No Comments

Authors muse on early influences

Ever wondered what inspired authors to become crime writers when they were young? If so, it's worth checking out the videos featuring conversations with a number of authors on the Crime Readers' Association website at 

Video showcases Archive - The Crime Readers' Association…

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Added by John Dean on March 10, 2021 at 16:10 — No Comments

Lyons and Mulholland return!

I am delighted that charismatic detective inspector Maureen Lyons is back in the latest episode of David Pearson’s The Galway Homicides series – Murder in an Irish Bog (The Book Folks).

David has a great knack of dreaming up intriguing mysteries then telling the story with verve and pace.

In this case, a passing comment in the post…

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Added by John Dean on March 10, 2021 at 10:03 — No Comments

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Closure of site

HelloThis note is to say that I have a new website at www.johndeancrimewriter.co.uk, which means that this site will close on April 15.My new website includes my usual news and views, details on my novels, handy hints for writers, information on my assessment and editing services and much more.I would like to thank all of you for supporting this website over the years. I can still be contacted on the same email address deangriss@btinternet.comSee More
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Crime writers to sign copies of newly-published novels

A book signing due to be held by author John Dean as part of Kirkcudbright Book Week has been expanded to include fellow crime writer Ryan Stark.John, who lives in Dumfries and Galloway, will sign paperback copies of his recently-published novel The Meek Shall Inherit (The Book Folks), which will be available to purchase during the event at Feast Café, 32 St Cuthbert…See More
Feb 26
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Lead me to the keyboard

This is where writing comes perilously close to madness but I am a strong believer that fictional characters, if allowed their head, can tell their own stories and all the author has to do is type!It does not happen every time you write, which is why authors must value it when it does, but it happened to me today when writing an account of a Zoom conversation between…See More
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At the top of his game

Book Review The Red Shoes Mystery by David Pearson David Pearson continues to delight his many fans with his latest crime novel, in which his investigators O’Shea and Maguire face their most challenging case yet—the mysterious death of Maria Hyka.As Maguire and her team dig deeper, they uncover connections to a shadowy underworld and, as ever, with David’s books, it is…See More
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A welcome addition to the crime fiction canon

Book Review - Murder in the New Forest by Carol Cole (The Book Folks).It’s always a moment laden with anticipation when a new crime series emerges onto the scene and Carol Cole does not disappoint with Murder in the New Forest (The Book Folks).At the heart of the novel is a new central character, DI Callum MacLean, newly arrived in Hampshire from Glasgow and plunged into…See More
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Bestseller chart success

I am delighted that two of my crime fiction works are this morning in the top 100 Organised Crime Kindle charts on Amazon.The DCI John Blizzard box set containing the first seven novels in the series, (The Book Folks) for just 99p - now if that is not an outstanding offer, I do not know what is -  is at number 43 (it is already topping various anthology charts).My new…See More
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Grant award helps develop crime fiction programme

Organisers of the fourth annual Kirkcudbright Book Week have been awarded a £1,750 grant from the Robin Rigg Community Fund to help them develop the crime fiction component of the festival.Kirkcudbright Book Week is designed to celebrate the growing literary scene in and around the South West Scotland town and crime fiction has proved to be a popular genre with audiences…See More
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The way authors work

A few years ago, I ran a creative writing course and, at the beginning of one of the sessions, I asked my fifteen students how they worked.The result was fifteen different answers –one author wrote everything by hand then typed it onto their computer, another wrote it all in note form then linked the notes together, one did not edit anything until everything was…See More
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