Nothing Says I Love You at Christmas More Than Serial Killer Fiction

Added on 05 November 2010

Working today on getting the cover and files etc finished off and uploaded to the printer for 21 Years On The Back of Dixie Klondyke's Spanish. Three and a half weeks to publication. Already seat of the pants time. The very future of the publishing business rests on the successful completion of this...

21 Years Excerpt

Added on 04 November 2010

Having a distracted week, Writing Hat remaining firmly in the Drawer of Un-inspiration. Unspiration? Nevertheless, have quite taken to writing the daily ten second novel and wish that one could make a living from such an enterprise. Consequently, and with frighteningly quick effect, writing a book w...

The Crime Of It All

Added on 02 November 2010

A few months ago a fellow wrote to me saying that he was doing a PhD at Edinburgh University on crime fiction, particularly Scottish crime fiction. Could he ask me a few questions? While the thought of Barney Thomson being included in a PhD on anything seems a bit odd, you know there's weirder shit...

The New Season Begins With A Goal In the First Five Seconds For The Opposition

Added on 01 November 2010

Interesting facts from the pages of the Bookseller last week. James Patterson has become the second writer after Stieg Larsson to sell more than a million ebooks through Amazon - [included in that statistic are, of course, those which PATTERSON NEVER ACTUALLY WROTE, but what the hey...] - and, in th...

The 10 Second - 10 a.m. Barney Thomson Novel

Added on 29 October 2010

Starting on Monday 1st November 2010, Long Midnight Publishing, in association with All-New BMW Bacon and Lemon Shampoo, will start bringing you the daily 10 Second-10 a.m. Barney Thomson Novel at http://twitter.com/DouglasTLindsay. Featuring a new novel every day, the 10 Second-10 a.m. Barney Thoms...