Catch me if you can

[John Dean]

Revealing something of themselves in their writing is something of which many writers are wary, preferring to produce work in which their personality is obscured.

However, for many other writers, there cannot be fiction without a sense of themselves in it. For some authors, me included, there is always part of them peering through.

In my case, very personal themes can be glimpsed through my main characters such as John Blizzard and his concern about ageing (it has come to my attention that I am not getting any younger and my father’s battle against dementia inspired The Secrets Man (The Book Folks), something I have written about in a previous blog).

Also, I am there when I write about Jack Harris and his love of the remote life (I live on a Scottish hillside) and his passion for wildlife (much of my journalistic career has been spent writing about flora and fauna).

It may not be obvious but look hard enough and I’m there!

You can buy The Secrets Man at

https://www.amazon.co.uk/SECRETS-MAN-gripping-murder-mystery-ebook/...