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Finding Inspiration Through Grief
(Taken from Huffington Post) Few people will mourn the passing of January 2016. The month has claimed too many talented artists. By the time the news of Colin Vearncombe’s death broke, I felt crushed. I didn’t know him, I didn’t know David Bowie or Glenn Frey either but when you become so familiar with what…
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Emily Reads Everything – Guest Blog
GEOCACHING TREASURE The Inspiration for A Parallel Trust. When my eldest son was seventeen, he and a friend travelled to see their friends in Santa Rosa, California. When he returned he was buzzing about his time out there, much of which he spent geocaching. I had never heard of the word before but I was fascinated by…
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The Serial Reader – Guest Blog
How Featuring Real Places in Fiction Creates a Timeless Diary I recently read a fascinating review for my first novel Ring of Conscience. The book is partly set in Las Vegas and the reviewer enjoyed the descriptions of the city and mentioned it was wonderful to revisit the ‘Old Vegas’. Old Vegas. My last visit…
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The Bookavid – Guest Blog
I’ve learnt to have a rough idea of the characters a little before I begin because I can put myself into the mind-set of the characters while I research, and this helps turn knowledge to inspiration. For example, while researching for Ring of Conscience, I knew my protagonist had a sense of wonder and curiosity.…
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Beyond the Back Cover – Guest Blog
One of the things I enjoy as a reader is to picture the characters from the imagination of the author. It’s something I’ve done from an early age. I imagined Smiler’s empathy with the cheetah in The Runaways by Victor Canning and of how Charlotte discovers the comforts of her own world after seeing life…
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Building a Design for Life in 2016
FOR HUFFINGTON POST It’s taken me three years to discover American Author, David Wong’s brutal article listing harsh truths to become a better person. We are what we do regardless of how we think and treat other people. Sometimes it’s important to understand the mechanics of our actions and look at ourselves scientifically. Our brain is…
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Grab a bargain. Ring Of Conscience is now only 99p!
Get a copy of Ring of Conscience for a seriously reduced price. The kindle edition is usually £7.99, now it’s only £0.99! Professor Jason Chadwick, co-developer of the World Wide Web and son of a man who revolutionised casino security in Las Vegas, is found dead in his Cornish mansion. Amy Pearce, his PA, is…
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How to Stimulate Your Sense of Wonder
FOR HUFFINGTON POST In Andrew Stanton’s 2012 TED Talk on Storytelling he details his sense of wonder, when at five-years-old he was taken to see Bambi at the cinema. He explains how wonder is innocent and honest, and that it can’t be artificially evoked. It’s the mystery ingredient missing from many stories. The science of…