Blood on the Motorway

When I first joined the creative writing course I took last year, one of the first things our lecturer said was that good writers are good readers. A simple and clearly correct thought certainly, but one which I confess I have sometimes failed to live up to. As a rule the only time I spend [...]

Two weeks into this foul year of our lord Two Oh One Two and I’ve not killed nearly enough people. Characters, I mean. I haven’t killed any people in real life. Honest to blog. I have killed one character, except I didn’t actually get to do that. I had another character discover the body, so [...]

Yes, before you get started it does seem rather odd to be doing a ‘wistful looking back piece’ on a website that is younger even than my son, who has only just learnt to grip things in his hand and spends his days dribbling and looking adorable. But hey, ‘tis the season and all that. [...]

Since I started taking this story more seriously I’ve become a lot more aware of my shortcomings as a writer. To try and make myself a better writer I’ve been taking a creative writing evening course at the University. It’s been great fun, and I think it is making me a better writer, but one [...]

I never used to worry about plot. As a young man it used to just be there, effortlessly, whenever I needed it, the reflex was there. The very first story I wrote poured out as a fully formed idea. The first novel I ever managed to finish (well, Nanowrimo novel) was started with no clear [...]

Well hello there. So this is the first post here at Blood on the Motorway. You must be wondering what this is all about, or at least I imagine you are at least vaguely curious, given that you’ve gone to all the trouble to click on the link and that. The best way to explain [...]