I read the The Rats when I was about thirteen or fourteen. I was on holiday with my parents, somewhere along the South English coast. We were in the local fishing town and, for some reason, my parents had popped … Continue reading
So, are you a ‘seat of the pants’ writer, or a ‘snowflaker’? In other words, when you sit down to write that first draft of your novel, do you start with little more than a notion of what it is … Continue reading
I recently picked up Stephen King’s The Stand in my local library. It’s got to be somewhere around 30 years since I first read that book, a fact of my life which I find far scarier than anything King has … Continue reading
Book reviews are useful, aren’t they? Whether written by a professional book reviewer (whatever one of those is) or a reader on Amazon, or in a blog. I very rarely buy a book without reading a review first. There have … Continue reading
I’m a huge Stephen King fan and decided to list my favourite books here. But then I thought, actually he’s written a few stinkers as well (IMHO) and how about listing those too? So here goes. Let’s start with the … Continue reading