May 2022

I started to think about the logic of those comp titles. So, the publisher wants to know what existing books your book is ‘like’. Ok…what if there is not one? What if your book is unique? What if your type of book in the genre has not been represented for some time but now is […]

Got to start thinking about the dreaded ‘comp’ titles soon. I bet just about every author puts this off. Unless you are massively well read, and all in your chosen genre, and even of books in the same style or plot, you are going to struggle with this.

The last murder is now completed and it’s a big one. Sorry – of course, I cannot say too much without spoiling the book, but this murder affects the detective ream a lot more than the other incidents before it. Confession-time… Although the manuscript is not (quite) finished, I queried 2 agents. I knew from

Ok…I have been adding to the manuscript but the last couple of days, I have been reviewing the book’s characters. I’m up to somewhere approaching thirty. Too much? They all play a part but could I cut some out? I have also not described some of them too well. Note to self: develop or remove!

It can be a very lonely life when you are a new author. The family are getting on with their daily life. You however have suspended all of that to pursue the writing dream. You have the ideas, hopefully, and the ability to actually…y’know… .write but there is so much more. One thing I found

I have been putting off writing one of the key parts to the book – where the name JASON came from. It is obviously important – it’s the name of the book, after all. I want to write in such a way that it is a revelation. Some sensationalism but not too much! Three attempts