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The irresistible charm of the English murder
On 20 December 2011 by Admin‘Extraordinary how potent cheap music is,’ says Amanda in Private Lives. The same might be said of fiction – at least of a certain sort of ‘cheap’ fiction, variously known as the thriller, the murder mystery, the detective story, and the whodunit. To this genre – or rather to a particular sub-genre, disparagingly referred to
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Writing in a changing universe
On 19 June 2011 by AdminThe beautiful pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope of the giant galaxy Centaurus A which appeared on the front page of the Guardian a few days ago are a reminder that – as William Herschel discovered 230 years ago – our universe is not static, but changing all the time. Supernovae explode, and new
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Fiction Can Save Your Life
On 7 October 2010 by AdminFlying back from New York a couple of nights ago, on the ‘red-eye’ – and never was an unaffectionate nickname more aptly bestowed – I found myself once more confronting the fact that a good book can save your life. I’m speaking figuratively, of course – although there are doubtless instances, from the bullet-stopping Bibles
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Publishing in a changing world
On 5 July 2010 by AdminAs the author of three novels, several anthologies, and a guide to children’s fiction published by mainstream traditional publishers, and – recently – a novel published by an independent online publisher (The Dark Tower, Arbuthnot Books, 2010), I think I can say I’ve seen publishing from both sides. When my first novel, A Mild Suicide,