Inside Ed’s Head: On the road back
Hey. Thank you to everyone who wished me well last week – I wasn’t asking for it, just wanted to let you know why there hadn’t been a missive on the Monday. And here we are. Another missive. Last week Well, I’m still testing positive: But the third test is definitely less, so hopefully tomorrow […]
Inside Ed’s Head: Covid-19
Hey, just a quick note to say there wasn’t an update this week as I’ve finally succumbed to Covid-19. Probably caught it in the bar at Bloody Scotland. I wouldn’t say it’s mild, but it’s not gone into my chest so far so I think I’m escaping it lighter than others. Anyway. Hope you’re okay. […]
Inside Ed’s Head: End of an era
The Queen died last week, which has saddened a great many in the nation. It’s also a huge change for this country, a change that’s a few generations in one go, given her seventy years on the throne. It’s a testament to her service that she got off her deathbed to accept Liz Truss as […]
Inside Ed’s Head: Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right
I could definitely find a more gruesome video with that soundtrack, but that’s really weird. And it’s September. This has been a hell of a quick year, hasn’t it? Last week This is going to be one of those weeks, I’m afraid! Managed over 20,000 words last week, which is higher than it feels it […]
Inside Ed’s Head: They call them the diamond dogs
It’s almost September. Wow. Where is this year going? I was halfway to the bank this morning before I remembered it was a bank holiday. Whoops. Bank holidays work weirdly up here – there’s a Scottish system. I think. It could be local bank holidays that are defined by council area, so you might have […]
Inside Ed’s Head: Be open to the joy you deserve
Last week Managed to get a good chunk of Fenchurch 9 down. Ploughing away at it, getting into the rhythm of it. Rediscovering the character. With each book in a series, it’s important to bring out a different aspect of the character – with Fenchurch, it’s about all the trials he’s been through, but this […]
Inside Ed’s Head: Could it be a devil in me
nuA heatwave again. Sigh. Getting up at stupid o’clock to take Bessi up the hill, sweating out half my bodyweight, then working in the boiling afternoon. Windows wide open and it’s still roasting. That was last week. And now it’s not! Mad thunder and lightning overnight, real KRAKABOOM stuff. Power switched on and off. Bessi […]
Inside Ed’s Head – fun by the sea
A short one this week, due to post-festival exhaustion. Last week A short work week for me. Managed to finish and send off FALSE START, as covered last week, but rather than focus on writing I prepared for chairing Mike Craven and Douglas Skelton by reading their most-recent novels – The Botanist and Where Demons […]
Inside Ed’s Head: How is it AUGUST??
Hi, I’m Ed James. I write crime novels. You’re reading this because you subscribed to it, or you’re looking at it on Twitter or my website. If you want to get it in your inbox every week, use the box at the bottom of the page. Last week Well, I spent a bit of time […]
Inside Ed’s Head: Ed James was away
This weekend was the Theakstons’ Crime Festival, AKA Harrogate, as everyone calls it. The great and the good of publishing (and me) were all (mostly) there in force. I’ve only had one Harrogate that was very business-focused (2019), with another two that had elements of that kind of thing. Publisher meetings, publisher dinners, that kind […]