Thankful as I am to say goodbye to 2020, it contained some great stuff for me. I published my first novel, I wrote my first business...

The first line in a novel is critically important. If you grab a reader with it then you capture their interest and hopefully more time...

The problem with heroes is that sometimes they are just too good to be true. When I was writing Daniel Grant in Keeping Secrets, I...

Every great story has a villain! They act as the foil for your hero and give the shade so that the light shines brighter. Darth Vader,...

I have been a fan of Dan Brown for a decade or more. I love the descriptions in Da Vinci Code, I love his ability to keep me turning the...

The answer is; Anyone can but not if they are in their right minds! It is one of the most brilliant, frustrating, exhausting and...

Writer’s block is the affliction of authors unable to proceed with writing, or struggling to write something new. I have heard about it...

Two years ago I took a bold (some might say reckless) decision. I closed my business consultancy, sold our house and moved to Hoar Cross...