Wrote the piece about cracking the safe and I have submitted it to my favourite writing group for some constructive crticism.
We shall see.
I value the comments of some of the very experienced writers on this particular forum as published or not, they give honest feedback on your work.
Here’s the link so you can see the […]

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Yes folks it’s Monday morning, 10-30 British Summer Time here in sunny (for a change) Chesterfield and yours truly has decided to embark on his crime novel to beat all crime novels.
I’m feeling very optimistic this morning as I have a few ideas that have come to me either overnight or this morning while I […]

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I was lying, having a long soak in the tub to sooth my weary bones when I had a bit of a brainstorm.
No editing to do. No other writing jobs on the go so I’m going to start work on my next magnum opus. An 85,000 word crime novel and I’m going to try and […]

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Just read a blog post by Lee Goldberg.
Normally I would say, “leave the artwork to your publisher, they know what they are doing.”
Once again. I stand corrected.
Would you assume that the book depicted on Lee’s blog is a crime novel?
I thought it was a bad Stephen King rip-off.
Here’s  the link to Lee’s writing blog
Thanks Lee, […]

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Most fiction novels are written to the same basic scheme. The scheme dates back to Ancient Greece.
In the 5th Century BC, those clever Greeks spent a lot of time philosophising about life death, the Universe and everything. (I’m sure I’ve heard that somewhere before). They also spent a lot of time discovering the nature of […]

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Unless your familiar with firearms, the system for measuring calibre of bullets can be confusing.
There are two systems in general use for pistols, automatic weapons and rifles but manufacturers have added their own particular designations to both their weapons and their bullets to ensure that the corect ammunition is used for their particular weapon. it is […]

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 One of the common mistakes made by students when writing a hook, (the first paragraph of their novel)  goes something like tthis.
The rain beat down. Hogan could hardly see as he drove home. In the back seat were the flowers for his wife Marjorie’s birthday.
Suddenly, he  thought he saw a flash of light at the […]

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Before you start writing your crime novel or true crime non-fiction book, you need to research it properly.
the problem with research is that it can  become an all consuming passion. So much so in fact, that research becomes an end in itself. or worse still, it can be an excuse not to write the book […]

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For those of you who have visited and only seen the test posts. My apologies.
While I am busy posting content to the site, here are links to my squidoo page on writing Crime Fiction
http://www.squidoo.com/writingcrimefiction
Also, here is the link to my Hubpage
http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Killer-Guide-To-Writing-Crime-Fiction
These should keep all my readers occupied for a bit until I can get more juicy […]

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