by David West | Feb 2, 2024 | News
Research is where I start my writing process. It’s also one of the most enjoyable and educational parts of the writing process. I have been reading about Henri II, Prince de Condé recently. He had a rather unfortunate start in life, having been born in prison. His...
by David West | Jan 27, 2024 | News
Police are to fight crime, and the February edition of Red Herrings, the bulletin of the Crime Writers Association has arrived. As usual there are too many great articles to mention all of them. The first one that caught my attention is called Bad Press for the...
by David West | Jan 24, 2024 | News
Last night I watched Josh Widdicombe on Who Do You Think You Are? It turned out that he’s descended from both King Edward I of England and King Philip III of France. He may also be descended from Henry VIII and there were knights of the realm on route too. Who knows,...
by David West | Jan 19, 2024 | News
I usually have a destination in mind when I start on a journey. I may have misled some readers with my last post, Writing and Walking. I said that I’d been struggling with the ending of The Favourite Murder, the fifth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures, and...
by David West | Jan 17, 2024 | News
Walking and writing seem to go together for me really well. I wrote The Spy who Sank the Armada, the first book of the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures during lockdown. Whenever I got stuck over a scene, I went for a long walk. I hasten to add that this was the part of...
