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In the Booth with Ruth – Gabriella Apicella, Screenwriter

July 11, 2013 // 2 Comments

I strongly believe that film is one of the most powerful tools for communication, and when iconic images stand in for real-world complexity this can reduce anything to stereotype. So much so that prostitution is all too frequently romanticised as in ‘Pretty Woman’, or demonised as in ’Monster’...

Guns Of Brixton: Out Now!

July 9, 2013 // 3 Comments

Read Paul D. Brazill’s ‘In the Booth with his Books: Guns of Brixton & Gumshoe’ interview here. Paul’s ‘Writing Life’ interview can be

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.

Life – My Latest Short Story Available to Download for Free from Caffeine Nights

June 21, 2013 // 2 Comments

Max’s criminal career has been going downhill since it began when he was sixteen on an armed robbery job with his father. Now in his mid-forties, he’s spent more time in jail than on criminal endeavours and he’s back inside again. It wasn’t another getaway driver driving away prematurely that’s landed him in jail this time though. No, this time it wasn’t someone else’s mistake. This time it was his...well, the crack. He can’t actually remember doing what they said he did last week or why he did it and for that he could go down for life.

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...

In the Booth with Ruth – Chris Chalmers, Author

May 5, 2013 // 3 Comments

I tend to be inspired by the confluence of two unrelated ideas. In the case of the novel I’m writing now, it was the recent furore over Lance Armstrong, coming clean about doping after lying for years – and cryptozoology. That said, it’s not about cycling, drugs or Bigfoot – at least, not yet.