Actually it's more, new characters are hard. It is a new work and all new characters and it isn't an easy thing to wrap my malfunctioning brain around. There is a huge temptation to grab a familiar face and drop them into the periphery just so I can get a better handle on what's happening. … Continue reading New work is hard
author friends
And on we go …
I was wandering through Substack this morning and not enjoying it at all. Far too much about the nonsense in the US. Far far too much politics for my liking. I want to escape from the bullshit not have it hit me in the face constantly. It's not that I don't care, it's that I … Continue reading And on we go …
Interrogation File: Amy Lou Jenkins
First up, tell us a bit about yourself. Amy Lou Jenkins’ third-grade teacher told her she would be a writer. Her parents thought that was stupid, so she did too, until one stupid day. That day her job as a registered nurse sucked so badly, she decided to go back to school and applied to Bennington … Continue reading Interrogation File: Amy Lou Jenkins
Interrogation file: Margot Kinberg
First up, tell us a bit about yourself.I’m a crime writer and academic. I’m also a proud wife, mother, and grandmother. Although I live in California, I grew up on the US East Coast, so my books are set there. Favourite genre/s to read or write?Most definitely crime fiction. I’ve been reading in the genre … Continue reading Interrogation file: Margot Kinberg
Hey ho silver lining.
I've been writing quite a bit lately. [FFS] is coming along nicely. I had to go back and write three new chapters in the beginning to satisfy my gut feeling that it didn't start early enough and add a few other things that I knew I needed to mention, early. I did that. It works … Continue reading Hey ho silver lining.
Author Interrogations 2025
Hello out there,I'm going to run a new season of author interrogations with all new questions from mid-May 2025. (If I get enough hands in the air.)So, if you're an author (don't care what your genre is, you do not have to be a crime writer) and you'd like to take part in the 2025 … Continue reading Author Interrogations 2025
Book trailers
Self-explanatory post heading today. 🙂 As you probably know, I love a book trailer. I love making them. It's the fun part of writing and I won't give it away. You also know how much I despise 'digital marketing' dickheads. I'm not alone in that. Authors do not like being DM'd on every fucking platform … Continue reading Book trailers
Anthology opportunity via Margot Kinberg
A sneaky favourite?
I know us authors are supposed to love our most recent work the most and crack on about it all the time. I do enough of that, I think. Cast your minds back to 2009, that's when my first two novels were released by Rebel ePublishers (at the time they were a South African publishing … Continue reading A sneaky favourite?
Author Interrogation: Joy Ann Ribar
Who are you? Joy Ann Ribar here. I’m a Wisconsinite from the Midwest (U.S.). We’re also known as cheeseheads because Wisconsin is the dairy state and produces award-winning cheese. Yes, I love cheese. There’s more to life than cheese and ice cream though. I started writing poems and stories when I was a tot, and … Continue reading Author Interrogation: Joy Ann Ribar
Cat Connor 