by David | Jan 4, 2017
Finally a title for my latest book! and a cover.
Throughout the writing of the book, which started back in the spring of 2016, the working title was always Unfinished Business. It was a good title since it reflected what the book is all about – a sequel to Irrefutable Evidence in which Olivia Freneton’s outstanding account, as she sees it, is settled. However, on searching Amazon, I discovered that there are more than twenty books with the same title — I stopped counting after twenty! And that was the problem with all the other titles I came up with: someone else had used them. Not that it’s an absolute requirement to invent an original title, but on the whole, it’s to be preferred.
So, Murderous Motives it is, along with a tagline that leads into the title. Once the editing is over, I’ll be announcing a release date. In the meantime, I may soon be releasing at least a part of it to subscribers to my newsletter, probably later this month once I’ve had a bit of feedback from beta readers.
by David | Dec 31, 2016
If you have occasionally glanced at my blog posts over the past nearly two years, you will have noted one consistent fact: there have been none! The last post was back in the early part of 2015, after which my focus shifted more my writing and less to my site. Something of an omission, on reflection, and I’ve decided that this post, in the final hours (in UK) of 2016, will be the first of more frequent offerings. (more…)
by David | Apr 7, 2015
There’s nothing quite like the challenge of standing up in front of an audience and talking about what you do and how you do it to clarify your thought processes about being an ‘author’ or ‘writer’ or ‘novelist’. (more…)
by David | Oct 7, 2014
Has it really been six months since I last posted on this site? Time flies when you’re bashing out the third novel. (more…)
by David | Mar 28, 2014
The cover of a book should never be underestimated, despite the famous adage. It’s the flagship for every book, the first thing that is seen on a bookshelf, whether that bookshelf is real or virtual. I think it’s even more important now in the world of ebooks since we are bombarded with book cover images every day. (more…)
by David | Feb 2, 2014
It’s too easy to become complacent about your hard drives. Crazy really when you consider they are the guardians of your data, the keepers of everything you value that a few years ago you would have kept locked away in your filing cabinet or in photo albums. And yet you take them for granted. Why? (more…)
