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Successful writing tips - My six rules for writing

Writing is a tough game so to make it easier for budding writers here are my five rules to successful writing!



1. Travel by public transport as often as you can.  If you’ve got a free
bus pass so much the better, you can stay on the bus all day and save
on heating bills at home.  You see and meet some great characters for
novels.



Read  the rest of my rules for successful writing

What's on in October 2016

Well it's October and we're getting deeper into autumn here in England.
The sunlight has changed to that soft amber glow and the leaves on the
trees are beginning to change colour to all shades of reds and golds.
I've also been collecting conkers. Not to play with but to put in a bowl
and to admire their deep rich red mahogany. 



Two of my DI Andy Horton crime novels are set in October.  The second in the series, Deadly Waters and the eleventh, Shroud of Evil. Both are available in paperback and as an ebook.



The seasons and the sea are both great inspirations for me. This month
sees me putting the final touches to DI Andy Horton number fourteen
before moving on to number fifteen, while  number thirteen is to be
published in February 2017. I'll also be working on final revisions to
the third in the Art Marvik marine crime series.



Read more about what's on in October

Seven days left to win an ebook of crime novel, Dangerous Cargo

There's
still time to enter the competition to win a copy of the brand
NEW Pauline Rowson crime novel DANGEROUS CARGO featuring former Royal
Marine Commando, turned undercover investigator, Art Marvik. The
competition closes on 30 September 2016.



Severn
House Publishers  have 5 ebooks of DANGEROUS CARGO the second in the
marine mystery series to give away. Silent Running, the first, was
published in 2015.



Click here to enter the competition to win an ebook copy of Dangerous Cargo

Still time to enter the competition to win a copy of Dangerous Cargo

There's still time to enter the ebook competition to win a copy of the brand
NEW Pauline Rowson crime novel DANGEROUS CARGO featuring former marine
commando, Art Marvik.



Severn
House Publishers  have 5 ebooks of DANGEROUS CARGO the second in the marine mystery series featuring
former Royal Marine Commando, turned
undercover marine investigator, Art Marvik, to give away. Silent Running, the first, was published in 2015.



"Dangerous Cargo is the sort of book where you can’t look away for a
second, or you’ll be sunk, so to speak. Pauline Rowson is the queen of
misdirection in this outing for former marine Art Marvik." Crime Review



Click here to enter the competition to win a copy of Dangerous Cargo

Video Book Trailer - Dangerous Cargo - enter the competition to win a copy

The second in this fast-paced, action-packed crime series featuring 
marine investigator, former Royal Marine Commando, Art Marvik

Art Marvik, has a new and deadly mission to accomplish for the
National Intelligence Marine Squad (NIMS) to catch a ruthless killer
whose murders span over half a century.

"Dangerous Cargo is the sort of book where you can’t look away for a
second, or you’ll be sunk, so to speak. Pauline Rowson is the queen of
misdirection in this outing for former marine Art Marvik." Crime Review


Tough, fearless and fit, Marvik is not bound by the rules of the law

Watch the video book trailer for Dangerous Cargo

The heroes who have inspired me

On the wall above my desk are photographs of four men. They look down on
me as I write my crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged DI Andy
Horton and the troubled former Royal Marine Commando, turned undercover
marine investigator, Art Marvik.



Heroes
have always fascinated me. It probably stems from reading so many
thrillers and spy novels as a child.  Then I married a hero, well he is
to me, a former fire-fighter from Red Watch, Portsmouth, UK, who took
many risks and saved many lives.  It’s no wonder then that I turned to
writing about a hero.



So who are the men on the wall, my heroes, who watch me while I write? Read more

Win a copy of the new Art Marvik marine thriller, Dangerous Cargo

Severn House Publishers have 5 ebooks of my latest crime
novel DANGEROUS CARGO the second in the marine mystery series featuring
former Royal Marine Commando, turned
undercover marine investigator, Art Marvik, to give away.



Dangerous Cargo is the second in the Art Marvik
series with Silent Running, the first, published in 2015.





"Marvik's second outing is even more muscular than his debut, (Silent
Running 2015) as Rowson edges her detective puzzles ever closer to
thriller territory." Kirkus Reviews USA



Click here to enter the competition to win a copy of Dangerous Cargo

The story behind Art Marvik in Dangerous Cargo and Silent Running

I
like heroes and I’m a sucker for adventure stories, thrillers and
mysteries which is why I created my enigmatic detective DI Andy Horton
who currently appears in twelve novels. But I also had a hankering to
create a new character for a new series, someone who was not bound by
the official rules of the law, but who was nevertheless on the right
side of it. The series also had to have all the hallmarks of my brand – a
troubled hero, the sea, boats, interesting and diverse characters and
lots of action. So already the stage was set for Art Marvik.





Read more about Art Marvik in SILENT RUNNING and DANGEROUS CARGO and to enter the competition to win a free ebook of DANGEROUS CARGO

Severn House Publishers launch competition to win a copy of new Art Marvik crime novel, Dangerous Cargo

To
mark the publication of my latest marine mystery crime novel in e book and hardcover format in the USA Severn House Publishers 
has launched a competition with the chance to win an e book copy of
Dangerous Cargo, featuring former Royal Marine Commando, turned
undercover marine investigator, Art Marvik.



Dangerous Cargo  was published by Severn House in hardcover in the UK in May 2016 it is the second in the Art Marvik
series with Silent Running, the first, published in 2015. The Art Marvik
series like the DI Andy Horton police procedural
crime novels is set against the backdrop of the sea on the South Coast
of
England.





Read more about how to enter the competition to win a copy of Dangerous Cargo

What's on in September 2016 - competition, talks and a radio interview

September
sees the publication in ebook format worldwide of the second in the Art
Marvik marine mystery series, Dangerous Cargo. It is also published in
hardcover in the USA on 1 September. Dangerous Cargo was published in
the UK in May 2016. To mark the ebook publication my publisher, Severn
House, has 5 ebooks of Dangerous Cargo to give away in a competition. 
All you have to do is answer a very simple question and submit your
entry using the form on the Dangerous Cargo competition page on this
website. The closing date is 30 September. So good luck.



Enter the Dangerous Cargo ebook competition here.



Read more about what's on in September.