Bringing location to life on the page

Bringing location to life on the page

Often the trigger for me in writing a book is its setting. My imagination is captured by a particular location. There will be something specific that is the source of its appeal to me as a writer and then I think how I can bring it to life on the page. I then dream up...
The Alien Corn – Why I wrote a sequel for the first time

The Alien Corn – Why I wrote a sequel for the first time

I love to write standalone stories. Maybe it’s because I have a very low boredom threshold, but I want to move on at the end of a book.  I felt the same way when I finished The Chalky Sea, but then as the days went by, I kept thinking about Jim, one of my two...