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How many words a day?
I’ve been neglecting the bloody blog recently, though if anyone’s noticed I’ll be amazed. The fact is I’m trying to get somewhere with my new book, which will be the last in my quartet of Porfiry Petrovich novels. I originally set myself a fairly steep daily target of 1,000 words. But I figured that if …
York Festival of Writing
I’ve been booked to do a workshop on ‘Constructing the Perfect Mystery’ at the York Festival of Writing, which takes place over the weekend of 9-11 April 2010. This is from the Festival website: Welcome to the Festival of Writing, York 2010 This festival is for you, the writer. We know how hard it is …
Was Adam a hermaphrodite?
I’ve been dipping into another old handbook on forensic medicine. This one is by Johann Ludwig Casper. It’s called A Handbook of the Practice of Forensic Medicine, and it was translated into English by George William Balfour. The third edition, which is the one I’ve been referring to, dates from 1861 and is freely available …
Why journalists are like buses
Only because you wait ages for one to mention you, then two do at once. The Guardian mentioned me in this piece about authors on twitter on Friday. The Independent on Sunday namechecked me in this piece about authors who take on other writers’ characters today. Perhaps this means I exist? Not sure, actually.