Sleepers The Kill Chain is the cybercrime thriller from Scotland’s newest writer, GJ Scobie, which is due to be published by Darkstroke on the 16th July 2022. This blog post is one in a series called Facts behind the Fiction, in which I take an aspect of the plot and provide factual background material, giving … More The Kill Chain – Facts behind the Fiction Part 8
Keep on keeping on Another piece of writing advice you may come across is to keep going; don’t stop writing; don’t give up. Easy advice to give, but a lot harder to carry out in practice. As I have noted elsewhere, by the time I was offered a publishing contract, I had written twelve novels. … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 3
Reading A regular piece of advice that crops up is, if you want to write, you have to read. You will have no argument from me on that. For me it’s been crucial in learning how to write. I can see what other authors have done and use their expertise to inform my own work. … More Inside the Fiction Factory – Part 2
The Fiction Factory 