Archive for the ‘Technique’ Category
#IndieAuthorChat Nov 19 & book offer
14 Nov 2019Book offer Christmas is coming and the first presents are on their way. First, I’m hosting a free Twitter chat…
Do’s and don’ts of submitting to agents
30 Oct 2019SUBMITTING TO AGENTS Crime writer Dominique Hall has written to me for advice on sending a novel to an agent.…
How to create a character that lives
20 Sep 2019HOW TO CREATE A CHARACTER THAT LIVES This week I talked to Bonnie D Graham on her radio programme Read…
The roller-coaster ride of publishing a novel
04 Jul 2019THE ROLLER-COASTER RIDE OF PUBLISHING A NOVEL It’s not often that a writer gets to blow his own trumpet, but…
Openings
19 Jun 2019Openings It was like they weren’t there. This is the opening sentence of my novel The Breaking of Liam Glass.…
What makes good writing great?
06 Jun 2019What makes good writing great? What sorts the Austens from the Dan Browns? The Truffauts from the Ed Woods? It’s…
Till the trumpets crack – going beyond
11 May 2019Till the trumpets crack – going beyond In the second movement of Beethoven’s masterful symphony the ‘Eroica’ the music takes…
Has Amazon deleted your reviews?
04 Apr 2019Has Amazon deleted your reviews? A few weeks ago I wrote a blog in which I said how important reviews…
How to write a riveting review
08 Mar 2019How to write a riveting review This week, an art that is both very new and almost as old as…
