Ever wondered at the real locations behind the fictional story? Here's a tour behind the scenes of Nowhere to be Found, set in my very real home town of Southampton! Ellingham lake: the place where it all begins. My inspiration for the book and a wonderful place to swim, where I’ve never found a dead …
October Books Livestream – August 2020
Full video from the launch of Nowhere to be Found, hosted by October Books. Talking inspiration, writing process, how I got here, and reading an excerpt from Nowhere to be Found. https://youtu.be/hT2SfnXNTuQ
Instagram Live! With Emma Rowley.
In case you missed it, here is the IG Live video from 13th September 2020. Me and Emma Rowley (author of WHERE THE MISSING GO and YOU CAN TRUST ME) talk writing, crime, route to publication and all things books on IG Live! https://youtu.be/yXtheDrqe4w
Favourite Reads of 2019
There were some brilliant books published in 2019. As usual, I have failed to read most of them. But here are the ones I did read and love this year. My favourites, in no particular order: The welcome return of Jackson: Big Sky - Kate Atkinson (Also, Transcription was brilliant.) Didn’t understand what was going on, didn’t …
Why The End is just the beginning
There can't be a writer in the world who doesn't feel that thrill when you write those two little words. But even as I type them, I know this is just the beginning. The manuscript is a mess. In this current work in progress, I have characters that change their names, people that disappear, and …
It’s official: DS Kate Munro is out in the world!
Very exciting to be working with Orion Fiction and Lucy Frederick, as ASK ME NO QUESTIONS, and NOWHERE TO BE FOUND are announced in The Bookseller. For the full press release, please click here... And, of course, ASK ME NO QUESTIONS is available to preorder now on Amazon or your local independent booksellers.
Querying Agents – just how long does this take?
I love a spreadsheet. And when I started submitting my finished manuscripts to agents I had a good one. It had conditional formatting and filters and dates and formulas and I religiously updated it, recording the rejections in a sadomasochistic torture for the soul. When I started out submitting (or querying), I had no idea …
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Favourites of 2018
This year I haven’t read as much as I’d like, getting caught up in my own writing. Finishing and editing book 2 has taken priority, and often I avoid reading at the same time to prevent other people’s styles and ideas seeping into my own. But I have read some crackers, and it was tricky …
The End. First draft finished.
The End. Nothing feels better than typing those two little words, knowing you have finally committed a story to the page. First draft finished. If you can believe it, I started writing this book on 31st January 2017. It's taken me nearly 18 months to get to this point, writing book two on and off, …
Press release!
Starting to feel a bit more real now it's out there in the wild.... Out here in the Bookseller today.... click here to read.
