R.N. Morris's Blog, page 2
November 7, 2024
Death of a Princess is out now!
My writing partner Moomin admiring the book we wrote together I’m delighted to announce that my new novel, Death of a Princess, is out now. The paperback will be published next week. It’s the final book in my Empire of Shadows series featuring the Russian investigating magistrate Pavel Pavlovich Virginsky. Like all my books, it’s …
October 16, 2024
Letting go
After four read-throughs and four rounds of self-edits, I have finally shared my latest book with my trusted beta-reader. So now begins the nail-biting period of waiting to hear what she thinks. It’s not made any easier by the fact that my trusted beta-reader likes to read in bed. Lying next to me. (Did I …
October 3, 2024
Let the edit begin
I’ve just begun my own edit of the third book in the Empire Of Shadows series. The read-through went well, but there were a couple of structural points that jumped out at me. I need one or two extra chapters, I think, just to open up the action a bit more in places. It feels …
September 25, 2024
Farewell, Virginsky. Farewell, Porfiry Petrovich.
I’ve just typed ‘THE END’ on my latest writing project, the final book in my Empire of Shadows trilogy featuring the investigating magistrate, Pavel Pavlovich Virginsky. I now have to read the book through, give it a thorough edit and then submit it to my publisher. I have to admit, I choked up a little …
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September 17, 2024
Another little bit of hope (for writers)…
I’m going to keep going with this… in the hope that it will bring my blog back to life!
September 14, 2024
A little hope for writers, and anyone else who needs it
I’ve been feeling guilty about neglecting my blog. It happens. Life gets in the way. There’s the small matter of a book, or two, to write. The day job kicks off. Oh, and don’t forget the social media commitments that any modern day author is more or less obliged to tend. Before long, you realise …
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January 5, 2024
381
As a physical object, the book is a thing of beauty. The cover is a modern design, vibrant colours, geometric shapes and random objects floating in an abstract limbo. And numbers: 381, 381… That’s the title, THREE EIGHT ONE. It presents an enigma, promising meaning, but withholding it too. It feels like an invitation. Open …
November 18, 2023
A Selfie diary of the writing process
I’ve just finished the first draft of my latest novel. I think it’s pretty nearly there, though I am about to start another read-through. While I was writing it, whenever I remembered, I took a selfie of myself at the keyboard. Once I had 100 selfies I edited them together. But then I took one …
November 16, 2023
The St Petersburg Mysteries
Last time I looked, my four novels featuring investigating magistrate Porfiry Petrovich are on special offer on Amazon, with the ebooks selling at just 99p (or 99c in America). By the time you read this, that offer may have ended. Apologies, if so. As some of you may be aware, I took my central character …
June 14, 2023
Should I cancel myself?
I was left feeling decidedly uncomfortable by Eat, Pray, Love author Elizabeth Gilbert’s decision to withdraw from publication her historical novel set in Russia, not least because I’ve just published my own HNSIR (The Crimson Child, thanks for asking). I confess I haven’t watched her self-cancellation, or should that be self-flagellation, video. But I read …
