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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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One of the biggest challenges for crime writers is how to give their villains credible reasons to commit their offences, usually murder. Few people are out and out evil and there are plenty of nuances and subtleties to the business of slaughter! Persuading the reader that motives are credible is vital if a crime novel…
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I am lending my voice in support of the campaign to save Aberdeen Arts Centre, which has come under threat of closure due to a financial crisis. Although I have never visited Aberdeen, or its arts centre, the plight of such cultural venues reaches out to so many of us and, for me personally, touches…
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