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Nottingham, City of Crime
Posted on September 5, 2019 2 Comments
Today is publication day for Dead Flowers and I want to talk about Nottingham, where I live and where the novel is set. I was born in Nottingham in 1971, moved away in the early 90’s, then moved back to the city, in part to study Creative Writing at Nottingham Trent University, in 2002. I […]
Opportunity Knocks
Posted on September 4, 2019 Leave a Comment
So, in the latest in my blog series about Dead Flowers, I’m going to talk about Opportunity Knocks. This was TV talent show in the 1970’s (briefly revived in the late 80’s, I think) The show pitted some very different acts against one another, a bit like a school talent show. So, any one week, […]
The Pitcher and Piano
Posted on September 3, 2019 Leave a Comment
Tonight, it’s another location from the book and, actually, another pub. This one’s the Pitcher and Piano, a converted church that is one of the most beautiful bars in the city. This pub sits at the top of the same cliff where the Loggerheads nestles at the bottom. As pubs go, the two places couldn’t […]
The Loggerheads Pub
Posted on September 2, 2019 Leave a Comment
The Loggerheads is one of my major settings in Dead Flowers. In fact, more action takes place there than anywhere else in this Nottingham-set novel. The first reviews are in and they’ve been lovely, which makes me very happy. One of my favourite comments so far was from The Bookbag about the setting. “Monaghan’s other […]
Words and how to use them, number 1: Internet Troll
Posted on August 25, 2015 Leave a Comment
In a bizarre moment of synchronicity, I was reminded today of one of the factors that influenced me when I was writing my latest book series THE TROLL. It was all to do with a recent post someone made on facebook, in which they referred to not feeding trolls. And it was interesting, because I […]
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