Sunday Post #amjoy Heaton Wilson

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I have a guest author on my blog today. Heaton Wilson was born in Stalybridge, near Manchester, and has lived and worked in Bolton, Herford and Worcester, Southampton, Hertfordshire, London and Gloucestershire.

What have I written?

I was a newspaper journalist and a publicity consultant, so I have always been a writer. 

I wrote stage and radio plays about 10 years ago, many of which were published. More recently, I have  written three crime fiction novels - Every Reason, Whatever It Takes, and Retribution, which will be published this year. My collection of short stories will also be published soon.

What are my ambitions?

Mainly, to keep improving, but also to branch out into different genres. I have the germ of an idea for a fantasy book but it is on hold until I am ready to let go of the crime series. I've grown very attached to DCI Jane Birchfield and her team, so there is at least one more book to come!

My only ambition is to be the best person, and the best writer, I can be.

What inspires me to write?

Great question. I wish I knew! It's partly the encouraging feedback from readers; mixed with acknowledgement from the publisher I signed up with this year. But it also comes from within. I have always had a vivid imagination, and I find stories and ideas come easily. Once the idea has taken hold, nothing can stop me!

My favourite motivational phrase?

'Every day, in every way, I am getting better and better.'

What drew me to write crime fiction?

Several factors came into play... First, I had a lot of experience of crime and policing as a journalist; second, my brother in law was a detective in the North West of England and told me some very interesting stories, and gave me a copy of the murder procedural manual he used to work from; third, I grew up idolising the writing of people like Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes).  And fourth, I love taking on challenges, and there is something very rewarding about weaving a complex plot around characters that I hope readers can relate to, and making it believable.

Finally, of course, I am an avid reader and two out of three books I have on the go at any one time are crime fiction.

Contact Heaton

https://linktr.ee/heaton

CURRENTLY 

From the author of this blog.  This week I hosted Shut UP and Write, a writing group that has been meeting online and it felt wonderful to be a part of something so fanstastic.  Hoping to take more leadership roles.

Upcoming Twin Cities Play

by William Shakespeare
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The work of the body is sometimes kept under a man's control, but he does not keep the work of the mind under his control. This is not because he cannot do so; it is because he never thinks about it.

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