St. Stephen’s Day 2010. I curl up with a copy of Darkside by Belinda Bauer that I won in a Twitter giveaway. Hours pass. I forgo food and drink, but...

When I finally gave up work to write full-time almost nine years ago, I thought I was going to turn really prolific. For four years previous to that I’d been...

It initially seems like quite a challenge looking back on the journey of my career, and examining the way in which it has led to the place where I’m currently...

I began writing after having spent 8 years running my own consultancy business. I had a PhD in psychology and none of the obvious job options appealed to me. So...

Where did the inspiration for writing The Jackdaw come from? Two sources really. The first was speaking to a banker from the City who one minute was telling me he...

How can a writer be scary? How can you evoke a sense of fear or menace with the printed word? It is, of course, the question all aspiring authors of...

Some writers have flashes of inspiration, blinding literary thunderbolts which hit them with undeniable force: they know at once that this is a book that must be written. I don’t....

Hard work and razor-sharp writing turned a first-time novelist from a self-published author into a #1 bestselling sensation on Amazon U.K. Rachel Abbott had spent most of her working life...

Four years ago I was writing every day. Court files, staff appraisals, witness statements… My job as a police inspector was rewarding and enjoyable, but the lack of creativity freedom...

I started writing what would eventually become Dead Gone – the first Murphy and Rossi novel – in late 2010, embarking on my first attempt at a novel around six...