Now where was I? Twistery #12, I think.
When the police recovered 100 incomplete packs of playing cards from his house, they knew they had their bomber.
Crime and Punishment, on water.
If anyone happens to live near the village of Barton under Needwood in Staffordshire, you might be interested to know I’ll be doing an event on the Book Barge next Thursday. Here are the details. Thursday 25th November: CRIME AND PUNISHMENT WITH R.N. MORRIS 7pm-9pm / entry free Join Faber favourite RN Morris for a …
Fyodicons
I received this in an email. I can’t say I approve. Far too disrespectful – even more than someone writing a series of detective novels featuring Porfiry Petrovich. Some people might find it funny though…
Close, but no cigar…
I found out this morning that A Razor Wrapped in Silk was one of four books that “just missed out” on being shortlisted for the 2010 CWA Ellis Peters Award. Congratulations to the winner Rory Clements for his novel Revenger. I have a slight sense of deja vu, as A Vengeful Longing was highly commended …
Using Frans Masereel to generate plot
Last night I ran a workshop with students from the City University MA Novel Writing course. We were looking at plotting. I took in some cards made from images from Frans Masereel‘s amazing series of woodcuts, The City (1925). The students dealt them out and used the pictures to stimulate ideas for a story of …