The Promise of Salvation – Lincoln number 4

The Promise of Salvation – Lincoln number 4

I’ve finished it! The fourth DI Jeff Lincoln novel is completed. I thought I’d rattle through it during Lockdown, with more time on my hands and, in theory, fewer distractions, but like a lot of people, I felt a kind of underlying anxiety that made it...
The Promise of Salvation

The Promise of Salvation

I haven’t written a blog post for ages, mostly because I’ve been concentrating on finishing the first draft of the latest DI Jeff Lincoln crime novel. I’ve now submitted it and I’m waiting for feedback – nervously, because you get so...
Long story short, or A quick catch-up in lockdown

Long story short, or A quick catch-up in lockdown

These are strange times, with lockdown in its fifth week amid fears that the unseasonably warm weather will make people complacent about social distancing.  This time in 2014, I was in Penzance on holiday. It was my first visit to Cornwall, and I hope it won’t...

Nice jacket!

The cover design for The Price of Silence has won two awards!! Cover of the Month in December, and joint runner-up for Cover of the Year. Many thanks to Chill With A Book, though all credit must go to the design team at SilverWood Books, who came up trumps with that...
And now the waiting starts…

And now the waiting starts…

Manuscript of The Price of Silence submitted to Silver Crow Books. Check. Suggested changes made. Check. Manuscript submitted to SilverWood Books. Check. Manuscript proofread and returned. Check. Cover image ideas discussed. Check. Now all I can do is wait for the...