Authors Electric

 Yes, you might notice a bit of a Rodgers and Hammerstein theme in my blog today. Let's see how many song titles I can fit in! So, starting at the very beginning, I wrote my first blog for Authors Electric exactly four years ago and in that post I told you about some of my favourite things about police procedural books and crime drama TV series. I was setting the scene for what was to come! Crime books are my passion - not just reading them but writing them too. Looking back at my posts, I've definitely shared the highs and lows of writing with you all. January blues have been a consistent theme so I'm hoping to buck the trend next month. But there's also been happy talk when things have gone well with my writing. Thank you for being with my throughout my self-publishing journey for Rewind , the fourth book in my DI Bernie Noel series. It was certainly a steep learning curve as it felt like I had to climb every mountain to get there.  I've also shared the book event...

 Having had very few book events this year, I had two in the space of two days! I had the great honour of interviewing Sophie Hannah at Basingstoke Discovery Centre for Only Murders in the Library on Saturday 25th October. Sophie has two books out at the moment - No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done  and her sixth Poirot novel, The Last Death of the Year .  We were all thoroughly entertained as Sophie told us how she began writing the Lamberts book by dictating 400 words into her phone whilst still in bed in the morning – I think this is a writing tip worth copying! Also, she explained how she created village life in Cambridgeshire for the Lamberts, including an Agatha Christie book club who fall out over whether they can read Mary Westmacott or not. Here's the blurb for  No One Would Do What The Lamberts Have Done : You think it will never happen to you: the ring of the bell, the policeman on the doorstep. What he says traps you in a nightmare that starts...

It doesn't seem that long ago we had our previous event but it's been four months! We're returning to police procedural again but we have some amazing authors for you – Simon McCleave and John Sunderland. Here's more about them. Simon McCleave is a multi million-selling crime novelist who lives in North Wales with his wife and two children. Before he was an author, Simon worked as a script editor at the BBC and a producer at Channel 4 before working as a story analyst in Los Angeles. He then became a script writer, writing on series such as  Silent Witness ,  The Bill ,  EastEnders  and many more. His Channel 4 film  Out of the Game  was critically acclaimed and described as ‘ an unflinching portrayal of male friendship ’ by  Time Out . His first book,  The Snowdonia Killings , was released in January 2020 and soon became an Amazon Bestseller, reaching No 1 in the UK Chart and selling over 400,000 copies. His twenty subsequent novels in the D...

  We had a great evening with S.E. Lynes and Lily Samson last night at West Barnes Library. As both of them write psychological thrillers, we looked at what might happen 'Behind Closed Doors'. Their books: The Switch   by Lily Samson Whose life do you want? Elena and her partner Adam are house-sitting in Wimbledon and find themselves instantly seduced by their upscale surroundings and their enigmatic new neighbours Sophia and Finn. When Sophia proposes a wicked game to Elena whereby they will swap partners in secret, it's not long before Elena starts to experience a sexual awakening that blossoms into an illicit love affair. But Sophia's plans are far more complex and dangerous than Elena could ever have imagined… How far will she go to fulfil her desires?   The Perfect Boyfriend   by S.E. Lynes I know it’s him. He says we’ve never met. Why would he lie? Her When I see him, my heart stops dead. I tell myself it’s impossible, but I would recognise those s...

 Sometimes, things happen in life and then all of a sudden, you realise that you've lost a month - just like that! I'm not sure what happened to October but it disappeared under the weight of hospital trips, two operations and now a long recovery period for my husband. Writing wasn't on my agenda at all. However, I need to get back to it. I was on a roll before and was powering through the soggy middle of the book. Unfortunately, having stopped for a month, I think I'll be wading through treacle when I restart. Will I get to the end of my book by my next post in December? I'll let you know! In the meantime, I do have something to look forward to. I run author events at my local library with the help of the Friends of West Barnes Library and w e have an absolute treat for you this November! Janice Hallett and Joanna Wallace will be joining us on Tuesday 19th Nov at 7.30pm. Janice's debut, 'The Appeal', turned normal prose on its head as the story is cleve...