A Very Minor Affair – tips for the editing process

Obviously a book is the pride and joy of any author. There, I’ve said, it. As an author, doesn’t quite trip off the tongue, because I still feel a bit superstitious about saying it before I’ve actually cradled the finished book in my hand. It’s a bit like not telling anyone you’re pregnant during those…

In Search of the Diabolic Grail?

The usual depression on arriving home from my holiday was lifted by the sight of an email from my publishers with a pdf of the front cover attached. The only trouble was, which celebratory bottle to open from among the Pomerol, Blaye, Bourg, Medoc and St Emillion? Yes, it’s grim up North London. I was…