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An Interview with Connor Bancroft
By way of introduction, Connor Bancroft is the freelance journalist turned private investigator who first comes to attention of the public in my forthcoming book ‘The Lifetracer’. Given that the...
View ArticleConnor Bancroft’s Likes and Dislikes
In addition to a general description of a character I also have them complete a questionnaire. Many of the questions are slightly off the wall, but the answers start to build up a deeper character. One...
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Planning a Book Launch
Bookmark – ready for the launch Planning a bool launch is a fairly new idea to me. I’ve moved accidentally from writer to book publisher and I’m having to learn quickly. We have our biggest book launch...
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The Lifetracer – Launches Thursday 17th October
I am delighted to tell you that my crime novel The Lifetracer will go on sale on Thursday. We’re having an online launch. As I am on standby for a short notice trip to Switzerland it has been...
View ArticleThe Launch Event
The Lifetracer launch event went very well. We invented our own version of Cluedo, Choosing our favoured murder location, weapon and thinking about who might want to murder us. The winning location was...
View ArticleThe Next Big Project
I have recently had to opening chapter of my next novel read by my colleagues in a writers group. I have been thrilled by the responses. They have made comments such as: ‘A compelling tale that kept me...
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BBC Radio York
I was more nervous for my second radio interview than for my first. If you want to listen to it you can find it here. It is the 27th November edition and will be there for 7 days. I come on about 15...
View ArticleA Little Self Indulgence
Most of the time, I find myself promoting the writing of other authors and encouraging them to cajole readers into posting reviews. Reviews are critical to lesser known writers as it is only through...
View ArticleBeginnings
What makes you read a book or story? For most of us it is two things. We read the back cover to see a ‘blurb’ of what the story is about and we read the first page. There is an internet site which...
View ArticleWhat’s My Brand?
I’m still working my way through listening to the Novel Marketing Podcasts and to say they are thought provoking would be an understatement. One episode has been looking at the question of what is the...
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All in the Space of a Week
The Internet is a wonderful thing. Last week I told you the problem I’d run into with the cover of The Appearance of Truth and this week and this week I am delighted to reveal the new cover to you....
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