I’ve been memed. Barry Forshaw, critic, author and editor of the CrimeTime website, has named me in the Next Big Thing. Ten questions in ten minutes is the idea. So here goes: 1) What is the working title of your next book? The book is called The Mannequin House. It started life as a novella …
I had a lot of fun taking part in a virtual head-to-head with the historical crime writer Michael Gregorio over on the Crimeculture website. Actually, it was a head-to-head-to-head, because Michael Gregorio is actually two people, the husband and wife writing team of Michael Jacob and Daniela de Gregorio. My thanks to Kate Horsley at …
More and more writers are doing it. Putting their work directly out there, without the intervention of the middleman. Self-publishing through kindle. I imagine that most of the writers who choose this route are ones who have been unsuccessful in getting a conventional publisher to take them on. They’ve grown tired of waiting for the …
Adventures in e-publishing part I – INSIDE ITALY by Michael Gregorio Read More »
I recently had the great pleasure of interviewing my lovely friends Mike Jacob and Daniela de Gregorio, who write together as Michael Gregorio. The interview has now appeared on The Rap Sheet, to coincide with the release of their latest book, Unholy Awakening – a book which I thoroughly recommend, by the way. Set in …
The first one is on Sydney Jones‘ terrific blog about “mysteries with a sense of place”, Scene of the Crime. Thanks to Sydney for making me think carefully about the sense of place in my writing. I’d also like to thank Mike Jacob and Daniela de Gregorio, who are together Michael Gregorio, for putting Sydney …