Category: writing

  • 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…

  • ENTERING ROOM Z, October 2023

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    An Interview with Jason Monaghan This month, I continue my series of crime and thriller fiction author interviews by welcoming Jason Monaghan to the blog. We discuss his northern background, his fascinating and varied career, and, of course, his writing process and inspiration.  I started by asking him to tell me a bit about himself.My…

  • THE MIRROR AND THE THIEF, September 2023

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    An Interview with Guy Gardner In this month’s blog I continue my series of crime & thriller fiction author interviews by chatting with Guy Gardner. We discuss his writing journey, the importance of historical accuracy in period-set crime fiction, and his upcoming release The Apprentice Thief. I started by asking him to tell me a bit…

  • KEANE AS MUSTARD, August 2023

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    An Interview with Ken Ward Back in June I attended the first UK Crime Book Club Live event in Leeds, and one of the amazing  authors I met there was Ken Ward. I’m delighted to now welcome Ken to this month’s blog for a chat about his writing, his journey, and much more. I  started…

  • THE WRITER, HIGHWWAYMAN & WASHBOARD, July 2023

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    An Interview with Chris Speck I was fortunate to be on the Historical Fiction author panel at the first UK Crime Book Club Live event in Leeds on June 3rd. Alongside me and Frances Brody was Chris Speck. Readers of the Gaslight Gazette would’ve read about Chris’s book The Great Frost in June’s ‘My Friend Recommends’ section. I truly…

  • THE BRUMOLOGY & MATTRPD: An Interview, June 2023

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    The Bow Street Society make their second short story anthology outing in The Case of the Contradictory Corpse in The Brumology: The Author City Birmingham Anthology sold in aid of charity. In it, Society clerk Miss Rebecca Trent travels to Birmingham at the invitation of a potential new client. Revelations galore follow, including a tense meeting between some Bow…

  • WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book, Pt 6, May 2023

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    Welcome to the sixth and final part of this series of practical tips based upon my own experience of tackling the mountain that is the writing process. I’ve covered Forming & Developing an Idea, Creating & Developing Characters, the Importance of Time & Place, Plotting, and the Editing Process. This month, I’ll be sharing how…