Tag: Writing
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OBJECTS OF THE BOW STREET SOCIETY, July 2020
For May and June’s blogs I was fortunate enough to have a virtual coffee with the curators of the Metropolitan Police Historic Collection and the Virtual Typewriter Museum respectively. These chats made me reflect on my own antique collection which I display on my stand at book signing events. Therefore, I decided to use this…
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COFFEE WITH A CURATOR: Paul Robert, Virtual Typewriter Museum, June 2020
Welcome to June’s blog and the second instalment of ‘Coffee with a Curator’, a series of interviews intended to give you an insight into the captivating work of curators from around the world. You may read the first interview with Dr Clare Smith, Historic Collection Curator at the Heritage Centre dedicated to the Metropolitan Police…
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THE YEAR AHEAD, January 2020
T.G. Campbell’s plans for the Bow Street Society and more! 2019 was a busy year for me in terms of my writing and personal life and 2020 promises to be the same. Last year saw the release of the fourth full length Bow Street Society Mystery, The Case of the Toxic Tonic and the release of the…
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WRITING NOTES: Historical Figures in Fiction, June 2019
As someone who writes mysteries set in Victorian Era London I often ask myself this question: should I include a real-life figure from that period? There are certainly many I could choose from. I could opt for an individual the majority of readers have heard of—such as Charles Dickens, Jane Austen etc.—or a relative unknown, such as…