Month: July 2017

Guest Post: Linda MacDonald on Writing Bullies, Stalkers, Narcissists and Manic Depressives via @LindaMac1

July 31, 2017

The latest author to take over my blog is Linda MacDonald, who tackles questions on the psychological themes that appear in her novels. All your novels have themes related to psychology running through them. Could you tell us a little bit about them? My early education was spent at a boys’ prep school. At the age … More Guest Post: Linda MacDonald on Writing Bullies, Stalkers, Narcissists and Manic Depressives via @LindaMac1

Women’s Fiction, or what? The Eternal Genre Conundrum @ThorneMoore

July 25, 2017

  This week I welcome another veteran author to my blog, Thorne Moore (in terms of number of books published and not years, I hasten to add – they include a book of self-published short stories and now a fourth novel, published by Endeavour). Ms Moore has written about the head-scratching process of deciding on a genre for one’s … More Women’s Fiction, or what? The Eternal Genre Conundrum @ThorneMoore

Summer Author Takeover AJ Waines: Making psychological thrillers a bit different @AJWaines

July 17, 2017

A special guest post for this week’s Summer Author Takeover by the bestselling author of six mystery-laden psychological thrillers, AJ Waines! Over to Ms Waines, who reveals her love of hidden things… As a former psychotherapist, it was a natural progression for me when I first had a go at writing fiction to choose psychological thrillers as … More Summer Author Takeover AJ Waines: Making psychological thrillers a bit different @AJWaines

Guest Post: Carol Cooper on the challenges posed by her debut novel @DrCarolCooper

July 10, 2017

The third in my Author Takeover Summer series of guest posts and interviews is Carol Cooper, or perhaps I should say Dr Cooper given she is a GP in her other life. Ms Cooper discusses the difficulties and challenges of writing and publishing her first novel, One Night at the Jacaranda. (Hampstead Fever, her second novel, was published in 2016.) … More Guest Post: Carol Cooper on the challenges posed by her debut novel @DrCarolCooper

#GuestPost: @Moria_Forsyth on the ethics of using real life in #writing

July 6, 2017

A Present for the Writer Writers are always being given presents. Not the diamond bracelet/Hermes handbag/two dozen red roses kind of present; not even the warm pyjamas/pruning shears/hardback book kind. People are always trying to give writers stories. ‘This would make a great book!’ Sometimes they add, ‘It’s amazing – I’m going to write it … More #GuestPost: @Moria_Forsyth on the ethics of using real life in #writing