I’m on the radar…
Nice mention for The Dark Palace in Crime Fiction Lover’s round-up of forthcoming books. “Expect brilliant period detail…” he says. Who am I to argue?
You know what you can do with your Hatchet Job of The Year…
Maybe it’s because I’m a creator not a critic that I detest The Hatchet Job of The Year. That’s the award for the most scathing book review of the year, the short list for which was announced today. Apparently it’s designed to promote wit and integrity in literary journalism. Strange then that I found the …
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Another year, another book.
The Dark Palace will be my eighth published novel. My first one, Taking Comfort, came out in 2006. Since then, I have averaged a book a year, though I didn’t have a book out in 2009. I compensated by bringing two out in 2012. A book a year may seem quite prolific but I think …
Why make a book trailer?
I used to make trailers for every one of my books, but then I stopped. All of a sudden, I wasn’t really sure they did any good. I even worried that a bad trailer might harm a book’s chances. Also making them is incredibly time-consuming, so I thought I would be better off concentrating on …
Trailer for The Dark Palace.
Here’s the trailer for my new book, The Dark Palace, which is now up on youtube and vimeo. The suspenseful music was composed and performed by my son Luke Morris (aged 14). The instrumentation is violin, synth and bass drum, which he was able to multi-track using Audacity. I acted as studio technician, clicking on …