Insanity awaits anyone who doesn’t… “Life is too important to be taken seriously.” ~Oscar Wilde
I discovered quite a treat at the weekend—a 40th anniversary edition of James Herbert’s THE RATS. It was his breakout novel about oversized rats eating their way across London and the Home Counties. THE RATS was also the first book of his […]
Or a person… “The greatness of a nation can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” ~Mahatma Gandhi
I don’t think of myself as a writer of serial killer fiction, but both THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY and NO SHOW both featured serial killers of a sort. The reason I don’t think of myself as a serial killer writer is […]
The secret is out. “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made.” ~Groucho Marx
I’m not bulletproof. I hope to be one day but I’m not. I wound easily. No, I’m not talking about being bulletproof in a percussion weapon way (so please don’t try shooting me) but in a literary way. The topic of author […]
Little things make the most difference. “Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.” ~Vincent Van Gogh
“Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do.” —Luke 23:34 I’ve cribbed this quote from Luke to talk about the backhanded compliments that I’ve encountered. As a professional scribbler, you have to be able to take things […]
It’s time to get dangerous… “Never was anything great achieved without danger.” ~Niccolo Machiavelli
I recently finished Jon Ronson’s excellent new book SO YOU’VE BEEN PUBLICLY SHAMED which explores public shaming of all varieties through the medium of social media. For me, Ronson is a cracking nonfiction writer. As a writer and journalist he tackles the […]