by Graeme Cumming | Sep 17, 2023 | Events, General |
As ever, I’m behind. Life does have a way of distracting me – and that’s without the added help of social media. Anyway, having flagged up that I was attending the Tales on Trent Multi-Genre Author Event the weekend before last, I’ve barely had... by Graeme Cumming | Aug 28, 2023 | Events |
The last few years have been strange. COVID-19 took its toll on everyone in one way or another. From a health point of view, I got off quite lightly – a week of feeling as crap as I usually do if I’ve got a bad cold. That said, the timing of it meant I... by Graeme Cumming | Aug 17, 2023 | Movies, Nostalgia |
In case you didn’t watch it, the trailer for Barbie says: If you love Barbie, this movie is for you. If you hate Barbie, this movie is for you. Which does beg the question: what if you’re indifferent to Barbie? It was the first thing that popped... by Graeme Cumming | Aug 6, 2023 | General |
It’d be unfair to say I was dragged kicking and screaming to Oppenheimer. But it would be fair to say it wasn’t high on my list of must-see movies. Having said that, there aren’t that many movies out at the moment that I do want to see. The school... by Graeme Cumming | Aug 3, 2023 | General, Movies |
While I was at Harrogate Crime Festival, I attended an interview with Lee Child and his brother Andrew, who’s taken over as author of the Jack Reacher books. The interview helped explain the rationale behind that move, and I found it reassuring. I’d been... by Graeme Cumming | Aug 1, 2023 | Events, General, Literary Festivals |
About a week and a half ago I posted, with some excitement, that I was about to head off to Harrogate for the Crime Festival. Since I returned, life has been a little hectic, so it’s only today that I’ve had time to properly reflect on the experience. In... by Graeme Cumming | Jul 24, 2023 | Book Reviews |
This review is long overdue. To explain just how long overdue it is I’ll briefly tell you a story. Last summer at the Harrogate Crime Festival, I bumped into Karen Sullivan. Well, bumped into isn’t quite the right way of putting it. I spotted her across... by Graeme Cumming | Jul 21, 2023 | Events, Literary Festivals |
God, it’s been ages since I last wrote here. Promises were made at the beginning of the year, and then life got in the way. As it does. And sometimes life can be pretty crap, can’t it? Of course, I had some writing time, but it had to be prioritised, and... by Graeme Cumming | Feb 7, 2023 | Book Reviews |
For my sins, I am a member of a group of authors who live in my local area. I say they live there, but one of them moved away last year, heading to the south coast. In spite of that he still keeps in touch and he has given me some useful feedback recently on my latest... by Graeme Cumming | Jan 29, 2023 | General, Writing |
For some reason, the last couple of weeks ran away with me. I’d got into a bit of a rhythm with my posts. Most had been book reviews – and I’ve got plenty of those to catch up on – but then I dropped in a post about the progress I was making... by Graeme Cumming | Jan 7, 2023 | Writing |
Several weeks ago, I wrote something of an update on where I was with my writing. If you missed this little treat, you can catch up here. Since then, there have been further developments, and it seemed appropriate to bring you up to speed. As I mentioned at the time,... by Graeme Cumming | Jan 4, 2023 | Book Reviews |
It’s 2023, so welcome back after what has, I hope, been a suitably festive break – whatever that means for you. Much as I wanted to spend time working on a novel over the Christmas period, it turned out that my energies were needed elsewhere – and...