by Andy | 26th Sep 2014 | Police
I don’t usually blog about work directly. I like to keep this website and this blog more focused on writing and on the books themselves, but occasionally I drift towards something that makes my hackles rise. And here’s one: anti-police. I saw a blog post by a police...
by Andy | 15th Sep 2014 | Interview, Writing
I’m not a good interviewee, I admit. But I do enjoy the exchange, the sharing of knowledge; and I really do enjoy discovering things about myself as I search for a reasonable answer to an extraordinary question. I never lie – not on purpose anyway. If I can’t answer a...
by Andy | 6th Mar 2014 | Writing
When you begin to learn something, you start out with no internal point of reference for judging the quality of your work. The only reference you have is the work of others, and as a new writer, you may be comparing yourself to the work of well-established authors...
by Andy | 6th Mar 2014 | Writing
When you begin to learn something, you start out with no internal point of reference for judging the quality of your work. The only reference you have is the work of others, and as a new writer, you may be comparing yourself to the work of well-established authors...
by Andy | 8th Jan 2014 | Sword of Damocles, Writing
It’s quite strange how the pull of something can keep you interested even when life changes. I’ve been away from writing for a few months (nope, I haven’t been inside!), but I always felt the persistent pull of the thread that has eventually brought me back here to my...
by Andy | 21st Sep 2013 | Sword of Damocles, Writing
At the end of July there were sparks flying from my fingertips every time they went near the keyboard. The new Eddie Collins book, working title: Imperfectly Balanced, was coming along a treat. That all stopped quite suddenly when we hit August. I had a massive...
