I’ve never had a CD release before, let alone a simultaneous CD and DVD release. Both discs are in the same case, so you don’t have to choose. You can have them both. When The Flame Dies is an opera inspired by the life and work of the French poet, playwright, artist, filmmaker and opium …
When The Flame Dies, released on CD and DVD today! Read More »
First to declare an interest: My wife has sung with Noel Gallagher. The choir she sings with backed him on a tour recently. She said he was the consummate professional. He did the gig then got into his car and drove home. So just as she was, rather belatedly, getting into the rock’n’roll lifestyle, it …
Following on from my last post, here are the chapter headings from my last book, The Mannequin House. My next book, The Dark Palace, won’t have chapter headings. The House of Blackley The Locked Door The Usual Misunderstanding Speak of the Devil Hear No Evil The Weeping Mannequin The Secret Letters The Spare Room …
I decided to try something new (for me) with my latest book. (The Dark Palace, out in January 2014.) I decided not to have chapter headings. I love chapter headings. Which may be why all of the books I have written so far have them. But somehow I felt that they weren’t right for this …
Chapter headings – does you does or does you don’t? Read More »
The copy-edits are done. Ahead of time. In the end, there wasn’t much to sweat about. Turns out that the copy editor doesn’t like sentence fragments. Like this. I don’t over use them. But I do use them. From time to time. For effect. I do other things copy editors don’t like. Knowing they won’t …