I Miss David Tennant As The Doctor. There, I Said It.

Added on 01 June 2011

I was on a BBC screenwriting workshop last summer when the subject of Dr Who arose. (When you're on BBC screenwriting workshops you spend a lot of time talking about BBC shows that actually got commissioned and made.) I was shocked, really really SHOCKED, to discover that virtually everyone in the r...

The Bloody Lazy Song

Added on 31 May 2011

Let's consider The Lazy Song by Bruno Mars. Why should we? you're asking. Well, you don't have to, I just am because I've had to listen to it for something like eight hours in the car. It's a jaunty enough little number, and no mistake. I have it in my head now, although after eight hours that's no...

My Part In This Blog

Added on 28 May 2011

The regular reader might notice that I rarely write stuff about the publishing industry or the general business of writing, apart from when it relates to me. I suspect this makes me look like some sort of narcissist. You know you can always tell the self-obsessed by how often they use the words I an...

The Lonesome Death of Old Rusty Brown

Added on 23 May 2011

The front cover of last week's Bookseller magazine has an advert for a novel with the strapline, against a backdrop of the Palace of Westminster, Can you win an election and cover up murder at the same time? Nice of Robinson Books to put that advert there for my Barney Thomson/Tony Blair story which...

Crimefest: My Part In Its Victory

Added on 21 May 2011

So, I went to Crimefest. I met some people. I did a couple of author panels. I had fish and chips. I listened to another author panel, which I have to admit I found very frustrating, because I just sat there thinking, I want to answer that question. Then I left. I didn't die, I didn't kill anyone, ...