by David West | Jul 28, 2022 | Readers Club
The inspiration for my style of historical fiction writing comes from my reading. I read several Dennis Wheatley books as a teenager. Wheatley is probably best known for his occult novels like The Devil Rides Out. However the ones that most influenced me are The...
by David West | Jul 27, 2022 | Readers Club
Sticking with Stephen King. On Writing is autobiographical and also packed with advice on the craft of writing. I loved it. I just opened it and flicked through it again. I came across this: “Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language...
by David West | Jul 26, 2022 | Readers Club
Horror isn’t my favourite genre, but you won’t need reminding what a genius Stephen King is. I still have nightmares about that possessed 1958 Plymouth Fury car, Christine. How many books have been written about haunted houses? I have no idea, but I only know one...
by David West | Jul 25, 2022 | Readers Club
I can’t ignore the book that has had such an important influence on my recent life. It’s another biography, sorry about that. Sir Francis Drake by George Malcolm Thomson. It’s certainly a fast paced, fact packed book. It was this passage that changed my life. “The...
by David West | Jul 24, 2022 | News
Exciting news – I’ve had my editor’s corrections and critique of Called to Account, the fourth book in the Sir Anthony Standen Adventures. It’s all pretty positive. “I have to say I think you did a good job on this one. It reads well and has a nice flow and...
