by Andy | 9th Sep 2022 | Covers, CSI Eddie Collins, Life, The Third Rule, Uncategorized, Writing
by Andy | 29th Feb 2020 | CSI Eddie Collins, Life, Other Writing, Short Stories, Writing
Time Just as we hit the third month of the year, I squeeze out my first blog of 2020. Doesn’t sound very glamorous that, does it. Hmmm. This blog post is about learning. And how I don’t do it. In the last three months I’ve learned that I’m still no good at advertising...
by Andy | 30th Dec 2019 | Life, Writing
This is the final blog post from me in the year 2019. I don’t like looking back into the past. And there is a reason for it: my memory is appalling. But I feel compelled almost to dredge through the blurred images of months gone by and convert them to text. What have...
by Andy | 20th Dec 2019 | Life, Writing
You should write a new blog, someone told me. How about what the person behind the author is really like? Okay, I said. I’ll give it a shot. Here it is. I’m 53. I’m too old to give a damn, and I’m too young to know any different. I write books because I have to. If...
by Andy | 15th Nov 2017 | Covers, Life, The End of Lies, Writing
Also known as Operation Shitmepants. Over this last week or two, so many people have asked, “What’s it like?” They’re wondering what publishing a book is like, not whatever it was you were thinking. Go wash your mind out with soap and water. The day of publication...
by Andy | 12th Feb 2016 | CSI Eddie Collins, Life, The Third Rule, Writing
I blame Eddie Collins. You know when you get to Sainsbury’s for the fish fingers for tonight’s tea, and you curse because the carrier bags you’d set neatly aside on the hallway table are still there? These are the carrier bags you’d bought on the last shopping trip...
