One of the things that I find most difficult when starting a new writing project is deciding on a title. When I was at school, teachers used to say 'Just write – the title will come later'. I’ve often offered the same advice to my own students but it’s a suggestion that I find hard to follow. I hate seeing 'Untitled' as a file name on my computer, or, worse 'Book 4’. I wouldn’t keep a pet without giving it a name and I’m fairly certain that, if I’d had children, they would

Tomorrow my latest novel, Closer to Home, will be published. It’s been available to order for just over a week and I’ve been watching its Amazon sales rank with a slight sense of disbelief as the number keeps going down (that’s a good thing). It looks like people are buying it based on the blurb and possibly on their enjoyment of my previous books. Last October, I was extremely nervous about the release of Fracture, my second novel, because I was worried that the positive