Category: books

Flexing the autograph muscles

I’d never seen so many copies in one place, and was only slightly daunted at the prospect that I might get writer’s cramp. To coincide...

Buy the book

Alright, I admit it. There is a certain thrill in strolling into a bookshop to find my book on the shelves. It was a few...

Now an author

I should have done this years ago, but the main thing is it’s done. My first book is published and available in all good bookshops...

How I wrote a novel in a month

At first sight, it seemed a ridiculous proposition: start writing a novel on 1 November, and have 50,000 words done by the end of the...

Ripping into Rip Tide

I didn’t get it at first. Ploughing my way through Stella Rimington’s latest novel Rip Tide – an advance copy kindly sent by her publisher...