by Andy | 15th Jul 2020 | Covers, CSI Eddie Collins, The Death of Jessica Ripley, The Note, This Side of Death
It seems like years since I last posted. And I can just about recall that I mentioned the books getting new covers. Ah, yes, I did – and as if by magic, here’s a link to that very post. Would you like to see them, the new covers? Of course you would, don’t be shy....
by Andy | 26th Apr 2019 | Ledston Luck, The Death of Jessica Ripley, The Note, Writing
Ideas and Execution Ideas don’t come to me easily. I usually get a small part of a scene only – I think my muse just likes to see me sweat. From it I have to grow an entire book. It usually happens on the fly too because I’m not good with planning things out. Far too...
by Andy | 8th May 2018 | CSI Eddie Collins, Ledston Luck, The Note, Writing
Story Execution – (contains spoilers) This is my answer to a recent question posed on the Advance Readers Team on Facebook. Click here to go to the page. Here is that question: Can you tell us how you develop a novel plot? I find neither the ideas nor the...
by Andy | 13th Dec 2017 | Bloodhound Books, Covers, The End of Lies, The Note, Writing
From 1985, when I first started writing, right up until 2002 (or thereabouts) I dreamed about getting an agent and getting a publisher. Back then it was really the only way to go if you wanted to be a serious writer. And I did. In 2001 I hit the jackpot and landed a...
by Andy | 26th May 2017 | CSI Eddie Collins, Newsletter, The Note
I have some good news to share. In celebration of The Note being in the Hot New Release chart – right now it’s #5 in the United States, and here in the UK, it’s sandwiched between Ragnar Jonasson and Val McDermid – I’m dropping the price...
by Andy | 18th May 2017 | Fun, Newsletter, Police, Price Drops, The Note
We got drenched at Whitby yesterday, but it didn’t stop us building sandcastles on the deserted beach. Today is beautiful though so I envisage a squelch through the mud in our local woodland. I have a few items of news for you today that might make for a great weekend...
