Category: writing notes
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NEW YEAR, NEW GOALS, January 2026
A new year brings a new beginning and new goals. My goals in 2025 were to: Read More, Write More, and Get Out There More. I’m satisfied I achieved these, and, so, I want to set some new goals for 2026. I will not be too hard on myself if I don’t achieve them as,…
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BOW STREET SOCIETY NARRATIVE ORDER, December 2025
At the point of writing this, there are seven books in the main Bow Street Society Mystery novel series and six volumes of the Bow Street Society Casebook. A question I often get asked by readers is: what order should I read the short stories and novels in? I usually recommend reading the novels in…
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SUMMER SUMMARY, August 2025
Where I’m At I usually reserve writing updates for the monthly Gaslight Gazette newsletter, but as we’re already into the eighth month of the year I thought it would be nice to summarise everything here. At the beginning of 2025 I set myself three personal goals: 1) Read more, 2) Get out more and 3)…
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THAT WAS THE YEAR THAT WAS, December 2024
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…
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THE CASE OF THE PEN AND THE PIXEL, April 2024
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…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book, Pt 6, May 2023
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…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book Pt 5, April 2023
It’s been a few months but we’re finally returning to this series of practical tips based upon my own experience of tackling the mountain that is the writing process. So far, I’ve covered Forming & Developing an Idea (Part 1), Creating & Developing Characters (Part 2), the Importance of Time & Place (Part 3), and Plotting (Part…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book Pt 4, November 2022
Welcome to part 4 of this series that explains what my typical process is when writing a book. As with the previous three parts, I’ll be focusing on the practical techniques and tools I’ve learnt in the hope it will help others begin their writing journeys. This segment covers my standard process for plotting a…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book Pt 3, October 2022
Welcome to part 3 of this series that explains what my typical process is when writing a book. As with the previous two parts, I’ll be focusing on the practical techniques and tools I’ve learnt in the hope it will help others begin their writing journeys. This segment covers the importance of time and place…
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WRITING NOTES: From Idea to Book Pt 2, September 2022
Welcome to part 2 of this series that explains what my typical process is when writing a book. As with part 1, I’ll be focusing on the practical techniques and tools I’ve learnt in the hope it will help others begin their writing journeys. This segment covers character creation and development and includes a character…