The other day, I was surfing the web seeking inspiration for my latest blog when I came across a number of articles on the vexed subject of profanity in fiction.

I, like most authors who use swear words in their writing, receive the occasional review from readers for whom profanity is an issue. For some of them, it is reason enough not to buy…

The idea of ‘the tears of a clown’ is an intriguing theme for an author and one which Kay Wilson exploits commendably in her new novel The Stand-up Mam.

The central…

As an author, I have always been the most interested by the technical side of the craft of writing rather than the creative element of the process; it may sound odd, but I love editing more than I do creating.

However, the older I become, I have found myself more and more interested in the creative process and particularly in examining the way…

My publisher The Book Folks will be running special promotions on some of my books featuring DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris on Kindle format over the next  few weeks, meaning that they will be on sale for 99p in the UK and 99c in the US on the following dates (available on Amazon):

A Flicker in the Night 16-23 July 

Dead Hill 20-27…

Authors are being asked to help celebrate the 200^th anniversary of the world’s first passenger railway by entering a rail-themed writing competition.

The…