Writing

Every reader goes through phases with their selection habits. Last year, for example, I wanted as little to do with the modern world as possible, for reasons I'm sure you can understand. I didn't want to read anything set in the last decade and I certainly didn't feel like reading any dystopian novels written to reflect an ominous future.  Read more

'I've written bits of Dick Francis novels for years,' I hear myself saying, 'So, before you ask anyone else, I'd like to have a go at writing a full one myself.'

The first time I considered the relationship between fiction and research was during a writing workshop-my first-while I watched the professor eviscerate some poor kid's story about World War II. And yeah, the story was bad. I remember the protagonist being told to "take cover" and then performing several combat rolls to do so.  Read more

Let's talk about the second person point of view, but first, let's talk about video games. Suppose you've played any video game in the past twenty years. In that case, you'll know there are two camera positions developers can use.  Read more

Lynda La Plante is a bestselling crime novelist and an Edgar Allen Poe Award winner. She's known for her series Prime Suspect and its TV adaptation of the same name. The Jane Tennison series is a prequel to the Prime Suspect series, following Tennison at the beginning of her career.  Read more