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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Inside Ed’s Head: The will to set you free

Hope you’re taking it easy today, assuming you’re in England or eastern Scotland. It’s been 30C here, which is insane. Tomorrow might hit 33. In Scotland. 33 degrees Celsius. In …

Inside Ed’s Head: And would you stop me if I tried to stop you?

I was obsessed with Mogwai as a teenager. While I still love their music now, this was my gateway drug into the music I listen to most of the time. …

Inside Ed’s Head: Sharing the things we know and love with those of my kind

Aye, that’s a Steely Dan lyric:

When I was doing karaoke a few years ago, that came on randomly when the fella was setting up the machine. So of course I …