writing

  • The best an author can be

    As work progresses on producing a final draft of my latest DCI Jack Harris crime novel, that means going back to the opening pages, so it’s a good time to recap on some of the rules of beginnings. One of the key things that a crime writer, indeed any writer, must bear in mind is…

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  • Why the best way to write is to write

    I recently chaired a ‘meet-the-authors’ event at the excellent Kirkcudbright Book Week, which took place in the south-west Scotland town near which I live. It featured crime writers May Rinaldi and David Haigh and finished with a question and answer session in which we were asked if we had to give one piece of advice…

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