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Bond is back - for me he never went away!

So last weekend it was World Bond Day. I almost missed it, which would've been really annoying, as I'm a huge Bond fan. I'm really looking forward to No Time To Die, the latest instalment, but I also wanted to make a teensy contribution of my own to World Bond Day. If you've read my novel, you'll already be in the know. But for those who haven't here are some of the ways I managed to work the world of my favourite spy hero into Changing Trains : 1. A Couchette with a View The protagonist, Sam, listens to the evocative That Fatal Kiss from A View To A Kill on his overnight train from Paris to Barcelona. It's a very soulful, chilled, reflective and hopeful moment in the book. 2. From Nice with Love Madame Gilbert, the landlady of the pension in Nice, insists on calling Sam her little James Bond. She's one of the most popular characters in the book and was just like that in real life, too. 3. A Diamond is Forever In Mo...

VIDEO: Trying to explain the book

Us author's, we're a fairly shy bunch really, aren't we? I love sitting comfortably at my desk, hidden a way from everyone, writing away. Standing up in public kind of scares me, even though I've done bits of it here and there. But I'm learning that, when you don't have a lovely agent and publisher doing all the marketing stuff, you have do a lot yourself. I also think it's important to try to engage with people beyond the four walls of my study. So apologies in advance for inflicting myself on you. So, I've decided to talk about the writing process - what inspired me; how I'm trying to market the book; what else I'm working and lots of other things that people will hopefully find interesting... In this first video I'm simply laying out the story and setting... and why you may want to read it.

Gay drama steps up a gear

Call Me anytime We've had a raft of really great new gay stories being transferred to screen lately. Call Me By Your Name and God's Own Country kicked off the year for me. Two very different stories set decades apart, but both uplifting tales of gay love. They were equally stunning, and led to both winning many awards culminating in wins at this year's BAFTA/Oscars gong shows. But, thankfully, it wasn't just on the big screen that we were being treated to new dramas of the love that hitherto dared not speak its name. Darkly compelling We're still recovering from the sumptuous, dark, disturbing and compelling real life drama The Assassination of Gianni Versace. A superb cast beautifully and audaciously took us through one of the most shocking gay serial killer stories of recent times. Currently, we're being treated to A Very English Scandal courtesy of the BBC. A drama about the scandal involving then Liberal party leader and gay scoundrel Je...

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