Today I’m thrilled to share an interview with Colin Sutton with you. In case you don’t recognise the name read on and let him introduce himself and I’m sure you will soon know who I have invited onto the blog. I feel very honoured that he accepted my invitation to do the interview. The answers […]
The 3 Books of Caz Frear
Today sees the start of a new series on the blog where I ask authors, readers, and bloggers about three important books in their lives. To kick the series off I have the fabulous Caz Frear. Caz grew up in Coventry and spent her teenage years dreaming of moving to London and writing a novel. […]
Dan Smith on Writing the Book Big Game, Based on the Box Office Movie (Video)
Today we have the bite-sized interviews back and I’m really excited to be able to share this one. It was great to speak with Dan as it was fascinating to see the other side of novel writing, the side that many novelists maybe looks towards with a glint in their eye. Their book on the […]
Helen Smith on Organising The Online BritCrime Festival And What Comes Next (Video)
Today, I have a bite-sized interview, but it’s not quite so bite-sized. The video is slightly over 22 minutes long, but it’s worth watching if you’re interested in BritCrime in any way. If you attended the hectic 3-day online festival in July or heard the buzz around it and wondered what you missed or are […]
Cath Staincliffe on Writing About Victims In Crime Fiction (Video)
Welcome to another bite-sized interview. Today I have the very accomplished Cath Staincliffe. Cath is a Manchester based crime writer. She’s the author of the Sal Kilkenny private eye stories and creator and scriptwriter of Blue Murder, ITV’s hit detective drama starring Caroline Quentin as DCI Janine Lewis. She writes the Scott & Bailey books, […]
Caroline Mitchell on Crossing Genres In Writing (Video)
Welcome to another of the bite-sized interviews. Today is a really interesting one as I talk to Caroline Mitchell, author of true event non-fiction book, Paranormal Intruder and crime fiction novel Don’t Turn Around which has a supernatural twist to it. We discuss writing books that cross genres and how Caroline decided to go that […]