books

In the Booth with Ruth – Juliet Madison, Author

August 13, 2013 // 2 Comments

I started writing stories when I was very young. I get inspired by people and things that I go through in my own life... I have read almost nothing but crime novels for years so I wanted to see if I could pull it off... I am currently working on Heir to Misfortune, the second title in the DI Frank Lyle mystery series.

In the Booth with Ruth – Rachel Moran, Author and Survivor of Prostitution

July 23, 2013 // 11 Comments

I wanted to tell people the truth about all that I had seen. I wanted to record the degradation and the simple human suffering that’s an inevitable and intrinsic part of sexual exploitation, and I wanted, most importantly, to talk about how we can put a stop to it.

Author, Tom Gillespie, is in the booth with his People’s Book Prize Finalist novel: Painting by Numbers

July 21, 2013 // 4 Comments

When I started, I had a very loose idea of where I wanted my story to go. I had a beginning, a few sketches around the middle and then a few months in, I had the ending. Then I would juggle stream of consciousness writing with a more controlled, editorial approach, slowly crafting and shaping the narrative structure out of the mess of scribbles, notes, words and ideas. As PBN is fairly complex, I used post-it notes on a big board to keep track of everything that was going on...

Crime writer, Paul D. Brazill, is in the booth with his latest books: Guns of Brixton & Gumshoe

July 15, 2013 // 10 Comments

Byker Books have published Guns Of Brixton as part of their Best Of British series. It’s a knockabout, foul-mouthed and violent gangster yarn... Pulp Metal Fiction have just published Gumshoe, a blackly comic story of a middle aged divorcee living in a run-down English seaside town who decides to become a private eye.

In the Booth with Ruth – Howard Linskey, Author

July 8, 2013 // 7 Comments

I enjoy writing crime because it gives you the opportunity to place your characters in pretty extreme, stressful situations involving death or injury, imprisonment or betrayal and it brings emotion to a story when so much is at risk for the characters.

In the Booth with Ruth – J. Andrew Taylor, Author

June 30, 2013 // 4 Comments

I began writing various short stories and study pieces since I was in my teens and, over the years, it has evolved into novels. As far as inspirations go, I will categorise all of the great stories that have fascinated, captivated and taken me to magical places.

In the Booth with Ruth – Gladys Lawson, Author

June 20, 2013 // 4 Comments

I don’t really categorise what I write about. I love writing about important issues but structuring them in ways that people can relate to. I write mysteries, thrillers, suspense and romance – sometimes all in the same book.

In the Booth with Ruth – Michael Bradley, Author

June 16, 2013 // 4 Comments

I was an abused child and escaped from reality by reading. I started reading encyclopedia at age four. I have read at least a book a week since I was twelve, and probably close to 5,000 at this point. I have always wanted to be a writer, but adults discouraged me and I went into various fields. Finally, at age forty-seven, I retired on my savings and started writing full time on April 1, 2011.

In the Booth with Ruth – Barbra Dean, Author

June 11, 2013 // 3 Comments

I have always kept a diary since I was very young, and to this day still keep one. One of my earliest jobs was with an advertising agency, where I was a secretary. However, I knew I had a flair for writing so I began to do some copywriting for them. From there I got onto SHE magazine as Assistant Fashion Editor, and I continued writing for the local...

In the Booth with Ruth – Allen Miles, Author

June 6, 2013 // 4 Comments

I don’t have a formal writing background at all really. I come from Hull, which isn’t known for its literary talents. I started writing at a very early age but I never told anyone. For some reason I was always quite ashamed that I held ambitions other than “Thou Shalt Work at Reckitts or Smith and Nephew”. I read a lot as a child and I was quite insular. I spent...

In the Booth with Ruth – Charlie Wade, Author

June 5, 2013 // 4 Comments

I first tried to write when I was eighteen, but never really got anywhere. After reading Irvine Welsh in my mid twenties, I tried again and half finished a comedy spy book. After a few more failed attempts, I eventually finished the book in 2010 and have since written two more thrillers...

In the Booth with Ruth – Josh Evans, Author, Screenwriter, Filmmaker & Actor

May 17, 2013 // 10 Comments

I’ve written a lot of biographies for the screen: Marvin Gaye, Bob Marley, Tupac Shakur and Che Guevara. The Che Guevara screenplay became a film that I directed. But as a new novelist, I’ve found that I am compelled to write fiction – it’s liberating to be able to finally write thoughts instead of having to show them as visuals.

In the Booth with Ruth – Fran Clark, Author, Songwriter & Singer

May 13, 2013 // 5 Comments

Well I'm a singer-songwriter, I teach vocals and I'm a wife and mother so that leaves very little time. When I wrote my first novel I very often wrote in the early hours of the morning. I'm a bit of an insomniac so it seemed the ideal opportunity. At the moment I've set myself a challenge to write a minimum of 1000 words per day as I try to finish my second novel.

In the Booth with Ruth – Angelique LaFontaine, Author

May 12, 2013 // 1 Comment

I started writing back in my early teenage years. Mainly started with poetry, back when I thought that poetry meant that you came up with lyrics that rhymed and it wasn’t poetry unless it did rhyme. As I got older, my writing transitioned from poetry to short essay type pieces. No real plot or storyline… just quick sporadic thoughts. There was always an...