How I got published: Mark Ellis
How I got published: Mark Ellis We all know it is no easy thing to get a book published. I started writing some twenty years ago and struggled for several years to get published as many do. Eventually I decided to self-publish my first book. Then I was picked up by a small publisher. Eventually…
Blood among the threads? David Ebsworth
Blood among the threads? David Ebsworth Palmer stopped, taken by one particular exhibit. A patchwork of pieced needlework, about seven feet by eight, perhaps a little smaller. Alive with vivid images. The object label declared that it was Industrial Annexe Exhibit Number 46, a Table Cover, produced by the hand of military master tailor James…
Six of One: Sarah Bax Horton
Six of One: Sarah Bax Horton I am a Crime Cymru member who writes true crime books about Jack the Ripper and his contemporary ‘rival’ the Thames Torso Killer. I recently featured in Lucy Worsley’s Victorian Murder Club miniseries on the Thames Torso Murders, now on BBC iPlayer. I hope you enjoy my pick of…
Spanish Beauty: A Book Review: Dan Anthony
Spanish Beauty by Esther Garcia Llovet, published by Foundry Editions (2025). A Book Review by Dan Anthony Spanish Beauty is the first episode of Esther Garcia Llovet’s new Trilogy of the Spanish Levant. Her works have achieved critical success and cult status for their intense, cinematic style and offbeat Chandleresque realism. Garcia Llovet writes for…
Make ’em Laugh: Cathy Ace
MAKE ‘EM LAUGH…? Cathy Ace Is it possible to make crime fiction funny? There are several awards offered that suggest so, and last year I was delighted when one of the books in my WISE Enquiries Agency Mysteries series was shortlisted for the Last Laugh Award for best humorous crime novel at CrimeFest (it didn’t…
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…
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