Historical Crime – Blending the real with the imagined: GJ Williams
Historical Crime – Blending the real with the imagined: GJ Williams The Tudor Rose Murders Series is based on a fundamental approach – take real events, real people and throw a fictional plot and several bodies into the mix. Then add fictional characters as required to enrich the context, fill the gaps, and smooth the…
How I Write: Dylan Young
How I Write: Dylan Young I am a hybrid author, concentrating now on self-publishing a long series of police procedural crime novels that have, since launch in 2022, sold over a million copies. I aim for 2,000 words per day, which is roughly one chapter. I utilise a variety of techniques to get words onto…
The Hanging Man Investigation by GB Williams
The Hanging Man Investigation by GB Williams The Hanging Man Investigation is the second book of the Atkins and Palmers Psychic Mystery series, and my favourite because of one of the surprises that comes in early the book. The extract below is the start of Chapter One, I’ve picked this because it showcases three of…
A Room of One’s Own: Sarah Todd Taylor
A Room of One’s Own (If only for a weekend): Sarah Todd Taylor It was Virginia Woolf who espoused the necessity of a room of one’s own if one is to write fiction. Some lucky writers may achieve this with a private office or, oh such bliss, a heated cabin in the garden. For others,…
Crime Cymru newsletter. October 2025
Crime Cymru newsletter. October 2025 As we have a gap in the scheduled posts this week I’m posting the Autumn 2025 Crime Cymru Newsletter. If you’ve already read and enjoyed it there’s nothing new here, but if not you’ll find all the news below. Thank you for all those members who sent details of their…
“The only constant in life is change.” – Leslie Scase
“The only constant in life is change.” – Leslie Scase So said the Greek philosopher Heraclitus. Whether or not he had also been notified by his publisher that there was no budget to market his recently published novel is unknown. But that’s where I found myself last year. So, what to do next? Obviously, the long…
How I write: Phil Rowlands
How I write: Phil Rowlands October is the time for Conkers, Crime, and Halloween but I wonder if Stephen King had little hiccups like these as he created his worlds of horror… I have a mantra when I start to write… Writing is not easy, it plays with you, tests you, frustrates you, but also…
The Crimson Harvest – Cheryl Rees-Price
The Crimson Harvest – Cheryl Rees-Price The Crimson Harvest is the ninth standalone novel in the DI Winter Meadows series. It is set against the beautiful backdrop of the Brecon Beacons. In this peaceful close knit community a serial killer is stalking victims and killing them in a bizarre fashion. Each victim is left with…
Plotter or Panster? Stephen Puleston
Plotter or Panster? Stephen Puleston There’s a certain romance attached to the idea of an author at work. We picture the dimly lit study, a wall of scribbled notes and photographs, the author hammering out twists and red herrings in a single inspired rush. But the reality, at least for me, is a little less…
Why Wales? David Penny
WHY WALES? David Penny Even though I have spent the majority of my later life living in England I still, and always will, define myself as Welsh. Some may consider it strange that I do so because I was actually born in London. However, my mother detested the big city so much she dragged my…
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