INFLUENCES: Why I Write Crime Fiction by CANDICE FOX

Name: CANDICE FOX Author of: CRIMSON LAKE (2016) On the web: candicefoxauthor.com On Twitter: candicefoxbooks There was a lot of crime in my childhood, so my interest in crime began there, even if I wasn’t writing it as a young’un. My mother fostered 150+ kids who generally came from abusive, neglectful and criminal backgrounds. My […]

GUEST POST: Osbert and Me by GAVIN SCOTT

Name: GAVIN SCOTT Author of: THE AGE OF TREACHERY (2016) THE AGE OF OLYMPUS (2017) On the web: gavinscott.co On Twitter: @gavinscott942 Osbert and Me Gavin Scott The first character to speak in The Age of Olympus is Osbert Lancaster, who was, in real life the press attaché to the British Embassy in Athens […]

GUEST POST: World Building in the RELICS Universe by Tim Lebbon

Name: TIM LEBBON Author of: COLDBROOK (2012) THE HUNT (2015) RELICS (2017) On the web: http://www.timlebbon.net On Twitter: @timlebbon I love world building. A few years ago I wrote a series of fantasy novels for Bantam in the USA, and also a couple for Orbit in the UK. Four of these––the Noreela novels––all […]

GUEST POST–PARALLEL LINES: On Heroes by ADAM SHAW

Name: STEVEN SAVILE Author of: PARALLEL LINES (2017) On the web: http://www.stevensavile.com On Twitter: @StevenSavile Steven Savile’s latest novel, PARALLEL LINES, is published in the UK on 14th March by Titan Books. To celebrate the launch, Reader Dad is very pleased to welcome the book’s protagonist, Adam Shaw, to talk about heroes. I find heroes […]

INFLUENCES: Finding My Own Voice by MATT WESOLOWSKI

Name: MATT WESOLOWSKI Author of: SIX STORIES (2017) On Twitter: ConcreteKraken It’s taken me years to find my own voice. I’ve spent the majority of my writing life mimicking; from a bargain-bin Enid Blyton when I was a kid, a teenage cut-price James Herbert to a snide Stephen King or else 50% off all Lovecraft, […]

GUEST POST: Writing Short Stories by Orlando Ortega-Medina

Name: ORLANDA ORTEGA-MEDINA Author of: JERUSALEM ABLAZE (2017) On the web: orlandoortegamedina.co.uk On Twitter: OOrtegaMedina To celebrate the launch of his excellent debut short story collection, Jerusalem Ablaze, I’m very pleased to welcome Orlando Ortega-Medina to Reader Dad to talk about writing short stories. I don’t have one specific method of writing the first draft […]

GUEST POST: Inspiration for Devour by L.A. LARKIN

Name: L.A. LARKIN Author of: DEVOUR (2017) On the web: lalarkin.com On Twitter: @lalarkinauthor To celebrate the launch of L.A. Larkin’s latest novel, Devour, the first in a series featuring journalist Olivia Wolfe, I am very pleased to have the author at Reader Dad as part of the #DevourTheBook Blog Tour, to talk about her […]

GUEST POST: On Locations by CONRAD WILLIAMS

Name: CONRAD WILLIAMS Author of: DUST AND DESIRE (2015) SONATA OF THE DEAD (2016) HELL IS EMPTY (2016) On the web: conradwilliams.wordpress.com On Twitter: @salavaria When I teach creative writing at university (I’ve had a few gigs over the years at Manchester Metropolitan, Edge Hill and, in the new year, I’ll be at […]

GUEST POST: On Writing FINDING HER by Anneloes Timmerjie

Name: Anneloes Timmerjie Author of: FINDING HER (with Charles den Tex) (2016) On the web: http://www.anneloestimmerije.nl ‘You simply HAVE to hear this story.’ That’s how it started. The words were spoken by a good friend and film producer. He told the story and we hung on his every word. That is the kind of story […]

GUEST POST: The Problems With Time Travel by MARK MORRIS

Name: Mark Morris Author of: THE WOLVES OF LONDON (2014) THE SOCIETY OF BLOOD (2015) THE WRAITHS OF WAR (2016) On the web: http://www.markmorrisfiction.com On Twitter: @MarkMorris10 I’ve been a big fan of Doctor Who ever since I was terrified by the Yeti, the Ice Warriors and the Cybermen when I was four, […]