Andrew’s Blog:
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The quarry scene from Crossing Live
The image below shows the setting for the quarry scene in my novel, Crossing Live. I found it in my camera roll from last year’s trip to Australia. It’s not exactly a standard tourist image from the land down under. In fact, it’s guaranteed never, ever to feature in any Tourism Australia poster. But I…
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I’ve just discovered audiobooks and now I’m a complete convert
Audiobooks are changing the way I, and many other book lovers, consume fiction. They’ve also made me rethink the way I write my own stories. It’s five weeks now since I listened to my first audiobook. That doesn’t exactly qualify me as an early adopter. But I’ve more than made up for this late start…
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The growing page length of the novel
How long is the book you are currently reading? If it’s a recently published novel, there’s a good chance it’s at least 400 pages long. It might even be considerably longer. A recent survey found that the average page length of a novel has increased from 320 to 400 pages between 1999 and 2014. My…
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Using music to imagine my way into a scene
Music has always played an important part in my writing process. It keeps me company during the long hours of staring at a blank screen. And it helps me block out the external world when the words finally begin to flow. I often use it to imagine my way into a particular scene. And it’s…
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Book trailer video for Peloton of Two
My new book trailer video for Peloton of Two is now available on Youtube. It’s embedded here, if you’d like to take a look.
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Artificial Intelligence isn’t taking our jobs, it’s deciding who gets them.
Robots aren’t interested in taking our jobs after all. They’ve skipped that basic rung of the career ladder and have gone straight into management and consultancy instead. Artificial Intelligence, the Guardian reports, is now being used to decide which of us is going to fill that job vacancy. A.I. is taking over the world of…