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Posted on July 22nd, 2010 by John Barnett
No, this is not a treatise on setting the mood for your story. Rather, it has come about because of a little bit of research I was asked to uindertake about the 1920’s and 30’s. It got me to thinking. Always a dangerous activity.
Well, I got to thinking about what defined the eras. What was […]
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Posted on March 5th, 2010 by John Barnett
Most true life crimes, especially murders are committed by someone close to or known by the victim. That’s why the Police always start with the closest relative first and work outward in an ever increasing circle through friends, work collegues and aquaintances before looking elsewhwere.
The random killing is not as prevelant as the film industry […]
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Posted on March 4th, 2010 by John Barnett
The sun is shining, it’s the start of a beautiful day here in England. I’m sitting in my office preparing for a new day with a mug of Gold Blend in front of me. It’s all very mundane.
That’s got me thinking about dramatic effect. After all, what could be more ordinary these days than sitting […]
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Posted on March 2nd, 2010 by John Barnett
Some of you. seem to be stuck in the ideas stage in novel writing. Today, I thought I’d have a think about idea generation This is purely off the cuff and I have nothing planned so I’ll just sound off.
Where do ideas for a crime novel come from?
Most writers would say, “It’s in your head stupid.”
Well […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by John Barnett
A difficult problem for the crime writers of New York it would seem.
Read about it in the New York Times
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by John Barnett
THE SUPREME ACCOLADE for crime fiction has its origins in the Crossed Red Herrings Award, invented for the Crime Writers’ Association in 1955 by John Creasey, whose centenary falls this year. Winston Graham won the first award. Five years later it was renamed the CWA Gold Dagger for Fiction.
The shortlist is on The Times Online’s […]
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Posted on May 31st, 2008 by John Barnett
IT’S time to let your imagination run wild again in the fourth annual Short Crime Story competition.
The Harrogate Advertiser series has once again teamed up with the Theakstons Old Peculier Crime Writing Festival to offer budding writers the chance to flex their creative muscles.
Harrogate Advertiser Short Story Competition
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Posted on May 23rd, 2008 by John Barnett
Turns out they’re threatening to take authors BUY NOW buttons away if they don’t use their Print on Demand Services.
Here come the lawyers.
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by John Barnett
Yes, you can be guilty of murder even if you didn’t fire the fatal shot. Two strangers involved in a shootout were arrested. one has been released for lack of evidence, the other awaits sentencing after being found guilty of murder.
After the abolition of the double jeopardy laws in the UK, it is noe possible […]
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Posted on May 22nd, 2008 by John Barnett
Yet again, the British Government is targeting gang culture.
Time to get on my soapbox I think.
Why do kids or adults for that matter join gangs?
Experience from the US points to their being many underlying causes for gang membership.
A sense of belonging, usually stemming from lack of parental control due to the breakdown of the traditional family […]
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