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Tag Archives: crime novel
Hunting Jack Hits the Cyber-Shelves
My new novel, a tense thriller set in Glasgow and Edinburgh in 1995, was released yesterday by Blue Sea Publishing. HUNTING JACK is the story of a young Scottish lad brought up in London by his Aunt and Uncle after … Continue reading
Posted in Writing
Tagged book release, book trailer, crime novel, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hunting Jack, Jackie McCann, London, mailing list, release day, thriller
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NaNoWriMo: Done, Dusted and Over For Another Year
It’s all over! NaNoWriMo is complete, at an end, finished, over, caput, at an end, over and done with. It is no more. Fin. And I completed the challenge! Tired and just a little surprised with the monumental effort it … Continue reading
Posted in NaNoWriMo, Writing
Tagged crime novel, DI Lennox, Fiction, NaNoWriMo, Scotland, thriller, Writing
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NaNoWriMo: The Half Way Mark
It’s half way through November and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is at its outward most point. We’ve reached the turn and already I’m heading back to the clubhouse with only one aim in mind: to reach the 50,000 word … Continue reading
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Tagged crime novel, NaNoWriMo, planning, word count, Writing
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Baccara Burning Now Fully Drafted
Image: Business Marketing Tools Baccara Burning Missed my blog post yesterday but I have a very good reason: I ended up working long into the night on Monday and came away with a completed second draft of BACCARA BURNING. I … Continue reading
Phew! First Draft of New Crime Novel Written
Image: shirleyjacksonawards.org Haiku I think I mentioned it before, but if you missed it, clock over to the Trees for Life exhibition website and check out my Haiku. While there, why not also check out some of the fantastic paintings … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Edinburgh, Fiction, Poetry, Publishing and Marketing, Writing
Tagged Baccara Burning, charity exhibition, Coffee, coffee shop, crime, crime novel, Father's Day, Fiction, fire, Gatecrash, manuscript, newspaper, novel, online submissions, Ranfurly Review, sleeping in, submission manager, Submissions, Trees for Life, Trevor Jones, Writing
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A New Crime Novel
Image: PINewswire.net I’m writing like a crazy person just now; I think I am back on track with my writing after being so out of it after my wisdom tooth removal. It feels good, nae, it feels awesome to be … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fiction, Glasgow, Music, Poetry, Video, Writing
Tagged Adam And, Adam and the Ants, Books, chapbook, crime, crime fiction, crime novel, GDR's, gig reviews, gigs, Glasgow, Jim Gellatly, London, Music, NaNoWriMo, O2 Academy, poems, Poetry, re-write, revision, Roger Waters, Vic Galloway, wisdom teeth, Writing
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Freedom from the Mundane 