The Final Cut In All-New Digital Awesomeness

Added on 24 January 2013

THE FINAL CUT is the seventh and, for the moment at least, final Barney Thomson novel. It was originally written as the fifth in the series, with an English title of LIMITED EDITION, and then first published in German as DER HERR DER KLINGE. The title in German is a pun on Der Herr Der Ringe (The L...

The Crimefest Epiphany

Added on 22 January 2013

This is my biography from Crimefest - the annual crime fiction convention in Bristol - from last May: The first 48 years of Lindsay's life were largely uneventful. This changed one extraordinary May morning in Bristol. Speaking later to Mr. Jeremy Kyle, Lindsay claimed he was not the only deleg...

Break-Up Songs for The Solo Female Artist

Added on 18 January 2013

The UK Songwriting Contest 2012 came in the autumn, the results announced just before Christmas. I've entered it a couple of times before, had the odd decent marking for the odd decent song or two, but never been a finalist or anything like that. In an attempt to have some sort of self-belief, ...

Fear of Flying

Added on 14 January 2013

We flew to Barcelona just before Christmas. Being what the flight operators call a "big scaredy pants", I was checking the weather conditions in Bristol and Barcelona for weeks in advance. A week before take off the weather forecast looked fine. Indeed, on the day of travel, the weather f...

The Business Section: Kindle eBook Pricing Strategy

Added on 10 January 2013

These days on Kindle most of my titles are published by Blasted Heath - LOST IN JUAREZ being the only exception. Blasted Heath have been searching for a while for the ideal pricing structure; one that promotes sales, but also might earn us all some money. (The Blasted Heath fellows, as well as this...