So, what else have I learned this last year? It is interesting to note many serial works get bigger as they progress. I mean – just look at the first Harry Potter compared to the so-big-it needs-two-films finale. I too have produced a second book some 20% longer than the first volume. Now, this isn’t […]
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Less is more – I think
Posted by Jennie Finch on July 25, 2012
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Second book finished!
I’m happy to say the second Alex Hastings book is finished. Well, actually I’m overjoyed and rather relieved. I did not realise it could be harder to write a sequel – naive of me I know but I’d never done it before. The first problem concerned serial characters. Some readers will pick up “The Drowners” […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on July 23, 2012
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Radio interview on Friday
Although I’m currently staying with friends in France, finishing off the second book, I will be talking on Radio Tyne Tees tomorrow (Friday 8th) at about 11.45am, thanks to the wonders of mobile communication. There will be a discussion inspired by Nick Clegg’s apparent desire to write a book and public comments are most welcome. […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on June 7, 2012
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Middlesbrough Literary festival
Well, the reading at the University went well and it was lovely meeting up with some of my old friends from the MA course. My next appearance is on June 20th at the Central Library in Middlesbrough. I will be sharing the stage with two other crime writers from the north east, Valerie Laws and […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 29, 2012
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Reading this week
I’m preparing for my forthcoming reading at the University of Teesside this Wednesday, 23rd May, at 1pm. I’ll be reading from “Death of the Elver Man” and using a couple of extracts to illustrate how real events in my life have inspired some of the action in the book. I hope to include a sneak […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on May 21, 2012
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Readings in the summer
News of two readings coming up. On May 23rd I will be appearing as part of Teesside University’s Creative Arts Week. This is a lunch time appearance, 1pm. Exact venue to follow! On Wednesday 20th June I am appearing as part of the Middlesbrough Literary Festival, sharing the stage with Danielle Ramsey and Val Laws, […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on April 20, 2012
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A really good week
Yes, last week was remarkably good on the writing front. I discovered I had sold my first copies of “Death of the Elver Man” in the USA, on the Kindle platform. Then I was asked to speak at the Middlesbrough Literary Festival in June. Watch this space for details of date and time closer to […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on March 13, 2012
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Time for some housekeeping
I’m getting to the end of my latest student group and it is time to peer with bleary eyes over the mounds of papers, course books and forms and wonder where my writing space has gone. I am horribly untidy unless I keep a very tight grip on things – possibly something to do with […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on March 2, 2012
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Still juggling
My Achilles heel strikes again – issues with the time line. So many threads running through this new book and I’ve gone back to lay them out properly in a plan. This, of course, I should have done (and meant to do) right at the very start. Well, it’s fairly well sorted now and suddenly […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 28, 2012
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That time of year again…
It’s the middle of February, unseasonally warm up here and I find myself back at my computer after I’ve already finished my words for the day, after all my research is done and printed, waiting for tomorrow – here I am. Suddenly the story grabs me and I can’t leave it. Not tonight, not just […]
Posted by Jennie Finch on February 20, 2012
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