“TEARS OF GLASS” is your first published book. How long did it take you to write it and do you plan any follow ups or additional books?
I
took a year to write, but a couple of years research before I got
down to it.
What
do you think makes a good story?
One
which keeps the reader absorbed – then enlightens.
Which
writers/books inspired you when writing “TEARS
OF GLASS?”
Dr.Strangelove
– and authors such as Michael Connelly and Le Carre.
What
are your ambitions for your writing career? Full time? Part time?
Full
time is always the goal.
When
did you decide to become a writer?
When
I had something to say.
When
writing “TEARS
OF GLASS”
did anything stand out as particularly challenging?
Yes-
The book is based on real events, the bizarre deaths of 22 UK
scientists all working on the US anti-missile programme. Getting all
the background was challenging, especially the CIA detail.
How
did you come up with the story of “TEARS
OF GLASS?”
A combination of reported events around
the end of the cold war and the leaking of nuclear material out of
the old Soviet Block, together with a conversation I overheard in a
London Park between two Whitehall gentlemen. My music business
background is used to overlay the narrative and I have included links
to the original music.
What
do you like to do when not writing?
Walking in the local forest and
drinking Jack Daniel’s
How
can readers discover more about you work
My webpage.
www.tearsofglass.co.uk
Also Amazon and Goodreads author page.
The goodreads page has a video interview.