Category: writing

  • THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, December 2024

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    It’s almost the end of 2024 and, like many others reading this, I can’t quite comprehend where the last eleven months have gone. In January’s blog, I set out the goals I wanted to achieve this year. Therefore, I thought it would be nice to end the year with a look back on those goals…

  • A KALEIDOSCOPE OF MURDER, October 2024

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    An Interview with Mark L. Fowler Since starting this blog back in 2018, I’ve interviewed a multitude of people, including museum  curators, live streamers, and retired police officers. Amongst the list are many authors of crime, thriller, suspense, horror, and historical fiction, and I’ve thoroughly enjoyed speaking to them all. In this month’s blog I’m delighted…

  • CHEMICALS AND A BUCKETFUL OF VOMIT, July 2024

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    An Interview with Andrew Barrett Forensic Science is in its infancy in the Bow Street Society universe. Yet, regular readers of my blog and the Gaslight Gazette will know I enjoy watching documentaries about true crime, specifically forensics, and criminology etc. Therefore, I’m absolutely delighted to be welcoming a “real-life” CSI to this month’s blog.…

  • CULTIVATING A CRIME, May 2024

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    An Interview with Donna Morfett Readers of the Gaslight Gazette and subscribers to the Bow Street Society YouTube channel may recognise the name of my guest as I was fortunate enough to be interviewed by her. A long-standing supporter of all crime fiction and thriller authors, Donna Morfett needs little introduction. I’m absolutely delighted to…

  • THE CASE OF THE PEN AND THE PIXEL, April 2024

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    When literature meets video games At the end of March, I attended the 72nd Insomnia Gaming Festival at the NEC in Birmingham, UK, and met-up with friends from the video game streaming community. In addition to history, true crime, and writing, video games are another of my great passions. I have vague memories of playing…

  • CHEESE, SCANDAL & THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE, March 2024

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    An Interview with Samantha Morris I’ve been fortunate enough to interview many crime fiction and thriller authors for my blog, and I’ve enjoyed chatting to them all. Yet, as readers of the Bow Street Society books will know, my interest doesn’t just lie in crime fiction, but also in history and nonfiction. Therefore, it’s with…

  • GETTING SHIPWRECKED, February 2024

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    C19th Phrases for Drinking & Drunkenness February may be the month of pancakes and love for some, but for others it marks the end of Dry January and a return to celebrating (almost) anything with a tipple or two (it’s Friday!) Most of us know drunkenness was a major social problem in the nineteenth century.…

  • NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS, January 2024

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    A Few Words from T.G. Campbell 2023 was an incredibly difficult year for me for many reasons. Somehow, I managed to write and publish the sixth volume of the Bow Street Society Casebook, The Case of the Scream in the Smog & Other Stories. I’m very proud of this instalment as I put a lot of…

  • CAPTURING A MOMENT, December 2023

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    An Interview with David Arrowsmith This month, I continue my series of crime and thriller fiction author interviews by welcoming David Arrowsmith to the blog. We discuss his many sources of inspiration, the five important elements which should be in every story, and his three very different, but equally intriguing, books. I started by asking…

  • AI, CONCRETE COWS & MURDER, November 2023

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    An Interview with Karen Guyler This month, I continue my series of crime and thriller fiction author interviews by welcoming Karen Guyler to the blog. We discuss her background, her inspiration, and the connection between my home city of Milton Keynes and her latest book. I started by asking her to tell me a bit…