Jim McGrath
I'm currently working on A Death in Spring: 1968, the second book in The Handsworth Quartet.
I spent a lot of time recently finishing off The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom for Pearson's so it was lovely to get back to my friends Collins, Clark and Agnes.
One of the things that I've found most interesting writing this book is that Collins is five years older and is now an acting Sergeant. So inevitably the dynamic between Collins and Clark is slightly different. Neither of them pay any attention to the stripes on Collins sleeve but his experience means that their relationship is now one of equals. Although Clark remains Number 1 when it comes to a punch-up, Collins is really starting to develop as a detective.
I'm also finding the research into the type of corruption that developers, builders and council officials got up to in the 1960s really interesting. What I've got to guard against is spending too much time writing about the details. Readers don't need or want that. After all it's a thriller I'm writing not a book on accounting fraud.
Stay well,
Jim
I spent a lot of time recently finishing off The Little Book of Big Management Wisdom for Pearson's so it was lovely to get back to my friends Collins, Clark and Agnes.
One of the things that I've found most interesting writing this book is that Collins is five years older and is now an acting Sergeant. So inevitably the dynamic between Collins and Clark is slightly different. Neither of them pay any attention to the stripes on Collins sleeve but his experience means that their relationship is now one of equals. Although Clark remains Number 1 when it comes to a punch-up, Collins is really starting to develop as a detective.
I'm also finding the research into the type of corruption that developers, builders and council officials got up to in the 1960s really interesting. What I've got to guard against is spending too much time writing about the details. Readers don't need or want that. After all it's a thriller I'm writing not a book on accounting fraud.
Stay well,
Jim
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I read your screenplay "Secrets of a Small Town" and thought it excellent. I have been writing a script for years and would like you to rewrite it. My email address is peaches.samuels@outlook.com. Please let me know your thoughts. How may we may proceed? Thank you, Jeffrey Samuels
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