Flics and Flicks
‘And the police?’ asked Antoine. ‘Who’s in charge? We’re deep in gendarme territory here.’ To someone not French, that might seem a little opaque. Gendarme… Read More »Flics and Flicks
‘And the police?’ asked Antoine. ‘Who’s in charge? We’re deep in gendarme territory here.’ To someone not French, that might seem a little opaque. Gendarme… Read More »Flics and Flicks
If you’ve written a book, a good tip, which I generally ignore, is to read it backwards. After all, readers can be strange, so it’s… Read More »Zapping the typo
15 keys to One Green Bottle. N° 6: The detective plaque. A novel has to be plausible. Not close to the real world, but plausible… Read More »Aston Martins and Broomsticks
Number 25 in The A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, part of the A to Z blogging challenge. I’m hardly an expert in perfume,… Read More »Y is for ylang-ylang
Number 13 in The A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, part of the A to Z blogging challenge. Why? Now that’s a good question.… Read More »M is for Meizius
Number 12 in The A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, part of the A to Z blogging challenge. Sex is like a frying pan.… Read More »L is for Lesbians
Yesterday, in J is for James and Julian, I revealed the names of two of my favourite authors, and today you get a third: Kate… Read More »K is for Kafka and Kate
Number 4 in The A to Z of the Writer’s Affliction, part of the A to Z blogging challenge. ‘How’s the novel coming on?’ enquired… Read More »D is for Dialogue
Click on the sandwich board! Eh, Bill, how long have we been standing in that there widget on the side? Dunno, Ben, couple of months… Read More »Bill and Ben, The Sandwich Men
15 keys to One Green Bottle. N° 5: The killer’s criteria. The only thing the victims appeared to have in common was that they lived… Read More »Now where shall I kill?