by Andy | 5th Aug 2016 | CSI Eddie Collins, Fun
This might be a bad idea, but I thought I’d move over and give Eddie Collins a go on my keyboard. Aside from leaving cigarette ash all over it, he produced this… So I’ve been asked to write a guest post for some author guy, Bandy Arrett, or something. I...
by Andy | 1st Aug 2016 | Writing
Today I was asked if there is a specific purpose behind the structure of my novels, specifically The Third Rule and Black by Rose. Yes. There is. And you have to bear in mind that although I’m on my tenth novel, I’m still developing – and I suppose I will until I turn...
by Andy | 28th Jul 2016 | The Note, Writing
Forgive me, reader, for it has been almost a month since my last blog post. And likewise, that’s roughly how long I’ve been away from any meaningful interaction on social media. I still checked in every now and then, but for the most part, when I got the chance, I...
by Andy | 26th Jun 2016 | CSI Eddie Collins, The Lift, The Note, The Third Rule, Writing
This month I turned 50 years old. In truth it doesn’t feel any different to being 49, and it doesn’t feel any different to being 36 either. Remember in The Matrix how Neo discovered his Residual Self Image (the way you think of yourself, and probably the...
by Andy | 4th Jun 2016 | Writing
I’ve seen it often, where writers become disillusioned with ‘writing’. But they’re not disillusioned with writing they’re disillusioned because of the marketing that attaches itself to their favourite typing finger like a… well, I’ll leave it to your imagination. We...
by Andy | 27th May 2016 | Sword of Damocles, The Lift, Writing
And so today finally sees an end to the revamp of the Barrett book covers. I’ve enjoyed learning a little bit about image manipulation, though it must be pretty obvious to those cover designers and graphic artists out there that these are just the doodlings of...
