I am what the industry calls a pantser – someone who writes by the seat of their pants. Which is your favourite part of the writing process? He can solve a mystery with his nose, but trying to get the message across to his rather dim owner can be a chore. Though his human, Albert, cannot understand him, the reader gets to ‘hear’ Rex’s thoughts. Rex is truly the star of the show and provides most of the humour. Albert wants to learn to cook the nation’s most famous dishes, but everywhere he goes, from pork pies in Melton Mowbray, to Stilton in, um, Stilton, he finds murder, mayhem, and mystery. Another character from East Malling, seventy-eight-year-old retired police detective, he is travelling the British Isles with his former police dog, Rex Harrison. The series had been as high as number four in America, and it is fair to say Patricia Fisher changed my life.Īlbert Smith is my current bestseller. Along the way she discovers a unique ability to solve mysteries, makes some friends and… well, let’s just say the last book will bring you to tears and leave you on a massive high. Over the course of the next ten books, she blossoms from mousy to fearsome as she finds the powerful woman buried inside. She empties his bank accounts and jumps on the first cruise shop leaving Southampton. She catches her husband in a compromising position with her best friend on page one of the first book. Patricia, a fifty-something housewife, hails from East Malling. The biggest stars of my books so far are Patricia Fisher and Albert Smith. I am now writing book 21 in that series and have seen the books reach number one in both the UK and the US for the genre. To date the Blue Moon team have investigated spooky goings on (they debunk every case to find the truth hidden beneath the supernatural nonsense) in Herne Bay, Canterbury, Yalding, Maidstone… the list is extensive. He was erroneously advertised as a paranormal investigator, but found his office phone would not stop ringing. When a local newspaper ran his first advert, the copy girl misread his text. Then add castles, ancient fortifications, dramatic coastlines, and centuries of history, and you have the perfect setting for a series of mystery tales.īlue Moon Investigations follows the adventures of a man who set out to be a private investigator. Filled with quaint villages and hidden valleys, the rolling hills make for a stunning backdrop. I grew up here, and though I joined the Army and was out of the country for the best part of twenty-five years, I returned here when it was time to take off my uniform, and I married a lady who grew up just a few hundred yards from where my parents still live. The interlinked series are all set in Kent with a few odd exceptions. Writing the blurb – the few lines that will tell the reader what the book is about without giving away the plot, is the hardest part.ĭoes the setting of Kent inspire your writing at all? Generally, though, the story lends itself to the title. Other times I start with the title and the idea for a story blooms from it. Is it hard to come up with such fun and punny titles for your stories?ĭevising titles can be one of the hardest parts of writing a book.
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