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 | 17th Nov 2019 | Black by Rose, CSI Eddie Collins, Ledston Luck, The Death of Jessica Ripley, Writing
How do I come up with a story idea? Is it something I see at work or on the street, or does it just pop into my head? I have to be honest, story ideas are awful to come by – for me, anyway. I know a lot of authors who have so many ideas that they trip over the...
by Andy | 19th May 2019 | CSI Eddie Collins, SOCO Roger Conniston, Writing
I remember saying it took many years for me to open up to my colleagues and tell them I was a writer. That was partly because I’m still shy of mentioning that little fact, but mostly it was because I thought my writing was shit. God help me if anyone I knew actually...
