200th GHOST sold!


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Just did my weekly sales OCD – I’m now over two hundred copies sold for GHOST IN THE MACHINE!
A huge thank you to everyone who has bought it, especially those …

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Music – GHOST IN THE MACHINE


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GHOST IN THE MACHINE wasn’t always called that. The working title was HONEY TRAP – those of you who’ve read it might work out why. It’s a crap …

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Use of Weapons


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I’m not all about the crime fiction, you know. I’m a big fan of science fiction as well, particularly the writing of Iain Banks, or Iain M Banks as …

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Writing about music…


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… is like dancing about architecture, or so the quote that’s perhaps erroneously attributed to Frank Zappa. But anyway, I wanted to use it to make a serious point.
I’ve …

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Dropping the F-bomb


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In GHOST IN THE MACHINE, one of the editing comments I had was drop the use of the “F-word” (okay – FUCK). I cut it from 250-odd examples down …

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DEVIL done


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I just finished the first full length draft of DEVIL IN THE DETAIL. Phew.
It’s been a monstrous effort, writing 40,000 words in just over two weeks. I will admit …

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I'm (not) rich


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Just got my very first royalty payment from Amazon! It’s not going to pay the mortgage but it will buy a bloody good bottle of red wine. Thanks to all …

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DEVIL's due


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Been a busy week for me, averaging over 2,000 words per day (and on some days hitting 3,500).  That might seem superhuman, but it is a mix of new writing …

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GHOST reviews


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I’ve managed to accrue 14 reviews on Amazon UK for GHOST IN THE MACHINE. The book is currently sitting at 4.6 with five 4-star and a whopping NINE 5-star …

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Peace vs Ellroy


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I blogged this a few years ago on my now defunct blog (one outstanding thing I’ve got is to try and reclaim that stuff and publish it here at the …

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