All Blog Posts Tagged 'location' (7)

What comes first - plot or character? Pauline Rowson discusses

The answer is that the two are so interlinked it is difficult to say what comes first. The characters drive the plot but in order to create the characters you must have an idea what the plot is about.

In my case, in respect of the DI Andy Horton series of novels, this is usually a location…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on February 11, 2014 at 11:34pm — No Comments

Elvis Presley, the Porthcawl ferret and a thunderstorm on the second day of my book tour in South Wales

The second day of my mini book tour of South Wales on 3 October 2013 on the publication in the UK of the tenth in the DI Andy Horton crime series, Death Surge, started with a coffee and a lovely walk along the delightful seafront in Porthcawl (town by the sea) where I picked up some amusing and interesting ideas for characters and…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on October 16, 2013 at 8:26pm — No Comments

Pauline Rowson discusses how her DI Horton mysteries are transformed from a simple idea into a fully formed book

I'm often asked if I have a writing routine. There are writers who write the same time every day come what may; others who will write a certain number of words every day and when they've done their quota, they'll knock off. Me? I have no real set routine but I do like to write every day, speaking engagements permitting.

Some days when the words flow or I am at a…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on August 8, 2013 at 3:02am — No Comments

Looking back at the highlights of 2012

2012 was another busy and rewarding year with two new DI Andy Horton Mystery crime novels, (number seven and eight in the series published), A Killing Coast and Death…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on December 22, 2012 at 12:31am — No Comments

DI Horton's patch: Photographs of where the DI Horton marine mystery crime series is set on the South Coast of England

As many readers know the Horton series is set primarily in Portsmouth but Horton's investigations often take him out into the Solent and to the Isle of Wight. Here are some photographs of the places that are featured in the latest Horton crime novel A Killing Coast by Pauline Rowson. In A Killing Coast, a multi millionaire's luxury super yacht is…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on March 5, 2012 at 9:25pm — No Comments

Researching the crime novel and the importance of location

I've just uploaded a new video interview. In this short video I am in conversation with Tony Smith, talking about my marine mystery police procedural crime novels featuring the flawed and rugged Inspector Andy Horton and my thrillers. How I research them and I'm also talking about the importance of their location, which is Portsmouth…

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Added by Pauline Rowson on December 6, 2010 at 11:19pm — No Comments

Location research for the next Inspector Horton crime novel

I've been doing a spot of location research for the Inspector Horton crime novel I am currently writing, which will be number six in the marine mystery crime series. (Called marine mysteries because they are all set against the backdrop of the sea).

This Horton novel is again based in Portsmouth and the surrounding harbours at Portsmouth and Langstone, and this time also around the historic and splendid ruins of Portchester Castle.… Continue

Added by Pauline Rowson on February 4, 2010 at 1:39am — No Comments