My latest novel OUTLAW contained several scenes in the heart of Predator Ground Control at a secret airbase. A Predator pilot and sensor operator are preparing to launch a Hellfire missile on a suspected terrorist camp in the Sahara Desert. One of them has struggles with conscience, the other appears not to. I read a [...]
So I came across this blog today via @inspirationbits: People Reading Books in Public Places Here in Burkina Faso I hardly ever see someone reading a book in a public place. There is a great discussion in JM Coetzee’s novel Elizabeth Costello about why you seldom see people in Africa reading on buses. It’s not [...]
Amazon.co.uk Widgets Whether you are an aspiring writer or a serial Newbery medal winner, the chances are that you are no stranger to the ‘How to Write’ manuals at your local library. ‘How to Write Fantastic Fiction’, ‘The Writer’s Life’, ‘The Marshall Plan for Novel Writing’, ‘How to Write a Thriller’, ‘How to Write for [...]
OUTLAW, page 167: That extract was from my novel Outlaw, published almost three months before the cyanide spillage at Djibo reservoir en route to Inata gold mine. The gold mining industry is disappointingly predictable. Anyone got a water sprite costume you can lend me?
