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 | Jan 29, 2019 | Blog
Harvey takes time out Last year was a busy one: several talks with other Silver Crow authors, creative writing workshops with my fellow Stellar Scribes, Sonja Price and Jan Ellis, and appearances at a couple of literary festivals. Talks in bookshops, church halls,...
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 | Aug 26, 2017 | Blog
When you’re out and about exploring new places, do you find yourself instinctively drawn to a particular sort of landscape? In spite of yourself, do you sense an affinity with the open, flat countryside of the Fens, or the dramatic ranges of the Peak District? I...
by nikkicopleston | Apr 14, 2017 | Blog
That famous quotation from L P Hartley’s ‘The Go Between’ is poignant – but also a bit meaningless. I’m not sure it’s true, either: the past can seem strange to us, looking back, but foreign? And did we do things so very...