by nikkicopleston | Oct 26, 2019 | Blog
I entered the Wells Literary Festival Short Story competition without a thought of getting shortlisted, let alone winning it! I’d read entries from previous years and concluded that ‘Anything goes!’ So I had a go, with a story that derived from a few...
by nikkicopleston | Jun 9, 2019 | Blog
Nearly thirty years ago, I embarked on the novel that would – well, not change my life, exactly, but take it in a new direction. Until then, I’d written several novels of indeterminate genre, although a certain criminal element had been creeping into the...
by nikkicopleston | Dec 10, 2018 | Blog
Well, that didn’t take long, did it? I thought rewriting the first Jeff Lincoln book would take a year, maybe, but it took quite a bit longer than I expected. Still, I’m glad I did it. It was written so long ago, none of the characters even had a mobile...
by nikkicopleston | Oct 26, 2017 | Blog
The opening line of ‘A Saintly Grave Disturbed’ had been kicking around in my brain for years. Originally, it introduced one of the various sequels to ‘The Price of Silence’ that I embarked upon before eventually starting (and finishing, and...
by nikkicopleston | Oct 10, 2017 | Blog
Looking forward to talking at Yeovil Library on Friday 13th October, as part of Somerset Libraries’ National Libraries Week celebrations. And what a week it’s been! I’ve already seen the evidence of libraries’ importance: at Wells Library last...