John Dean's Blog – September 2021 Archive (3)

The intricacies of editing

I am carrying out the editing of the latest DCI Blizzard novel before sending it to my publishers The Book Folks and, as I may have mentioned in previous blogs, for me this is the most enjoyable part of the writing process.

I know that some writers detest editing and love the creative process of filling blank pages but I am one of those authors…

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Added by John Dean on September 20, 2021 at 11:00 — No Comments

Crime writers speak out in support of libraries

I have written an article explaining how the Crime Writers' Association is supporting a campaign in favour of libraries which has been launched by the Scotland on Sunday newspaper. at a time when many libraries are threatened by cutbacks.

You can read the published article at…

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Added by John Dean on September 19, 2021 at 9:34 — No Comments

Author announces 2022 weekend workshops for writing groups

Novelist John Dean has announced a series of weekend workshops to be held specifically for writing groups in Spring and Summer 2022 at his home in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

John, author of 21 crime novels and currently published by London-based The Book Folks, is the creator of the popular DCI John Blizzard and DCI Jack Harris series and…

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Added by John Dean on September 3, 2021 at 14:16 — No Comments

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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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Knowing when to cast all caution to the wind

Writing is an art form which combines two skills which appear, at first glance, to have nothing on common – unrestrained creativity and well-controlled discipline.However, good writing is not possible without either of them. To explain, as I write the latest DCI Jack Harris crime novel, I am being disciplined and following the synopsis that I developed right from the…See More

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