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...
by Andy | 12th Jan 2016 | CSI Eddie Collins, The Third Rule, Writing
The new series of books, the ones featuring Eddie Collins, have always done pretty well. They sold steadily and people seemed to love them. The Marmite book in this series has always been The Third Rule, and for one reason: its length. Most books are 80k to 100k words...
by Andy | 2nd Feb 2015 | The Lift, The Third Rule, Writing
On Friday 6th February, I will launch the new Eddie Collins short story The Lift. It’ll be free to download. To coincide with this giveaway, I intend making The Third Rule – The Complete Story, free to download for five full days. The Third Rule is to date, my magnum...
by Andy | 5th Apr 2013 | Black by Rose, The Third Rule, Writing
Black by Rose This is the new book, in case you missed that little snippet before. I wrote most of The Third Rule in 2004 and finished it in 2011, so Black by Rose is the first all new one since then. And it was a strange experience. Strange because I’ve always...
by Andy | 20th Feb 2013 | Black by Rose, The Third Rule, Writing
So what’s happening in the wonderful world of writing, Mr Barrett? Ah, well, I’m glad you asked. The answer is: quite a lot. So far this month, I’ve lowered the prices of all six books of The Dead Trilogy and The Third Rule trilogy to 99 pence each....
by Andy | 2nd Jan 2013 | Life, The Third Rule, Writing
In the words of someone famous: “It’s been a funny old year.” This is a gathering of thoughts concerning events that have happened in 2012. A synopsis, if you like. I began the year on a big personal downer – one of the biggest of my life. On the...
