books
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I met the wonderful crime writer Val Penny at Swanwick Writing Summer School a few years ago and she’s been incredibly supportive of me and my writing. I’d been meaning to buy one of her DI Hunter books and I thought I’d start with the first in the series. That was my plan, but I…
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My partner, who is also a writer, was on an author panel at a writing event last year, with a new author called Jo Callahan. Whenever he’s on a panel, he always reads the other authors’ books. When it came to reading Jo’s, he couldn’t put it down and urged me to read it. I…
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I wrote a blog post a while ago, hinting that I would soon have some book news regarding a dragon. Well, I thought it about time I enlightened you. A number of years ago, I wrote a chapter book series for children aged 5-7 years old. There were six books in the series and I…
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I met the lovely Graham Bartlett at a writing event this year where we were both teaching. Graham is a former police detective and now writes crime fiction, as well as acting as a police advisor to authors and TV writers. If you need help with your police procedurals or any element of crime fiction,…
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Heather Beveridge was a guest on my blog a few weeks ago with Mutate, the first book in a trilogy, which she wrote under the pen name of Hetty Waite. If you missed it, you can read it here. I’ve just finished the book and wanted to share my review with you. Here is the…
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My guest for this spot this week is the wonderful crime writer Val Penny, who writes the DI Hunter Wilson and DS Jane Renwick series. I first met Val at Swanwick Writers’ Summer School and she’s become a good friend and has been immensely supportive of my writing. As Christmas is coming, it’s only fitting…
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I checked in with the publisher this week and my how-to books have now been formatted and are being uploaded. There was an issue with the formatting first-time round so they weren’t quite right. I hope to have more news soon. But, while I’ve been waiting for them, I’ve not been idle. I’ve been working…
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I met the very talented crime writer Clare Mackintosh at a book event in the summer. I found it fascinating to hear about her time as a police officer before she became a full-time writer. She also talked about her latest book, A Game of Lies. I was completely hooked at the premise and couldn’t…
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Well, I had hoped to be bringing you news that my writing workbooks had been published. Unfortunately, there have been a few hiccups and so it’s going to take a bit longer. But I did get to meet my publishers and also see the covers in person. As they say, patience is a virtue!
Esther Chilton 