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Advanced orders are being taken for an anthology of short stories produced by a new Scottish publisher working with a highly inventive format. 274 Miles features forty stories, none more than 274 words, including one by best-selling crime novelist John Dean. The collection, which will be Glasgow-based Tantallon Tìr’s debut anthology when it is published…
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Are you a new writer still in the early days of learning your craft and looking for a bit of expert support? Well, why not check out this new website created by best-selling crime writer John Dean, one of the Joffe Books stable of writers? The site has a number of free sections containing more…
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The question which authors are asked most often in Question and Answer sessions following talks and panel events is ‘where do you find your ideas?’ Crime writer John Dean has turned the question round in his latest feature exploring the craft of writing, aimed primarily at aspiring writers who are setting out on their literary…
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Joffe Books has continued its programme of re-launches for the Kindle version of John Dean’s popular DCI John Blizzard crime novels, which the publisher has carried out since it acquired publisher The Book Folks. The latest book, which includes a new cover providing a dramatically different look from that used on earlier editions, is The…
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Crime Writer John Dean has four titles in the top 100 Organised Crime best-selling kindle ebooks chart this morning, published by the Book Folks, a Joffe Books company. The DCI Jack Harris boxset is at number one and there are two relaunched DCI John Blizzard books, No Age to Die at number 48 and The…
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No Age to Die’s Kindle version has been given a new cover as part of the relaunch of John Dean’s popular DCI Blizzard series of crime novels by Joffe Books after it recently took over the publisher The Book Folks. In the novel, number nine in the series, a dangerous felon is released from prison…
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Crime writer John Dean has added another free gratis Handy Hints section to his website, all of which are aimed at making simple the complexities of writing for aspiring authors. This time the piece examines Themes and can be found on the drop-down menu to the left hand side of the home page here at…
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One of the most important elements involved in writing an effective novel is getting the pace right, that’s ‘pace’ not to be confused with ‘speed’. Dropping in too much information can slow a story down and drive away the reader. Crime writer John Dean has created one of the free Handy Hints sections on this…
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The other day, I was clicking idly through the worldwide web when I came a website listing the four types of clown (Whiteface, Character, Hobo, or Tramp, and Auguste, or Fool, should you be interested, and yes, you’re right, I should get out more) and it struck me that there was a glaring omission, the…
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The Crime Writers’ Association has announced the winners of its prestigious Dagger awards for 2025. Among the prizes awarded is the KAA Gold Dagger, sponsored by Kevin Anderson Associates, for the best crime novel by an author of any nationality, originally written in English and first published in the UK during the judging period. The…
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