A New Hope

Added on 13 August 2017

In the spring of last year the chaps at Blasted Heath decided to throw in the towel. It would be about a year before they’d finally ship the last ebook from their warehouse in space-time, but the decision was made and everyone went off to pursue other activities. I asked Al Guthrie if it was p...

In The Pantheon Of Online Celebrities

Added on 21 July 2017

I was at a meeting with my publisher one day, prior to the release of DI Westphall Book 1, Song Of The Dead. You know, the early days, before too much marketing has been done, when anything is possible. There’s not a damn book out there that doesn’t have the potential to be a blockbuster...

Back Catalogue 5 - Barney II

Added on 29 June 2017

Today in Back Catalogue, the series about my old books that critics have described as “too big to fail”, we’re going to look at the Barney Thomson extras; the compendium, the novellas, and the short stories * I gave a talk to the Scottish Club of Tallinn last evening. I was on befo...

Back Catalogue 4 - Barney I

Added on 27 June 2017

Today in Back Catalogue, the series about my old books that critics are already calling “like Netflix for people”, we’re going to look at the Barney Thomson novels. * Side note: A small miracle has happened. After only two requests to Amazon, the robot masters of the Internet sales...

Back Catalogue 3 - Swearing and Sex

Added on 23 June 2017

In today’s exciting edition of Back Catalogue – the series about my re-published old books that critics are already calling ‘Gone With The Wind without the aliens’ – we’re looking at the DS Hutton crime novels. * As Galadriel said: “The world is changed. I f...