Ask the Author: Andrew Barrett
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Andrew Barrett
Hi Michael, good to hear from you. I'm delighted to hear you enjoyed The Lift, thanks for letting me know. The Lift is a standalone short story in the CSI Eddie Collins world, and is told in first person. All the novellas - The Note, The Lock, and latest of all, The Crew, are all standalones written in first person and can be read in any order, though I wrote them in the above order.
The CSI Eddie Collins novels are in third person, and although each features an independent story, do have a subtle character arc that's best experienced in order. That order is: The Third Rule, Black by Rose, Sword of Damocles, Ledston Luck, The Death of Jessica Ripley, and This Side of Death.
I hope you go on to read them all! Do let me know how you get along with whatever book you choose.
Andy
The CSI Eddie Collins novels are in third person, and although each features an independent story, do have a subtle character arc that's best experienced in order. That order is: The Third Rule, Black by Rose, Sword of Damocles, Ledston Luck, The Death of Jessica Ripley, and This Side of Death.
I hope you go on to read them all! Do let me know how you get along with whatever book you choose.
Andy
Andrew Barrett
Sam, please forgive me - I've only just seen your question.
You can review The Dead Trilogy here on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Or on your Amazon at https://smarturl.it/TheDeadTrilogy
I do hope you enjoyed the trilogy. What will you read next?
Thanks, Sam, and apologies again.
Andy
You can review The Dead Trilogy here on Goodreads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4...
Or on your Amazon at https://smarturl.it/TheDeadTrilogy
I do hope you enjoyed the trilogy. What will you read next?
Thanks, Sam, and apologies again.
Andy
Andrew Barrett
Thank you, Sam, that's very kind of you indeed!
Andrew Barrett
Hi Frederick, I'm very happy to say that indeed they will. Already The Note is there and live, and in a few days (10th July) The Third Rule will be live too. Over the coming weeks, all of the Eddie Collins books will be live on Amazon, being re-published by Bloodhound Books.
Please keep an eye on my Amazon Page here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Barre...
Andrew
Please keep an eye on my Amazon Page here: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Andrew-Barre...
Andrew
Andrew Barrett
The best thing about being a writer is that you're always guaranteed a place to go where the outside world isn't allowed.
In this place you'll find the people you created, and you'll experience the situations they're in - because you put them there!
Now, how are you going to write them out of them?
See? This is what being a writer is all about.
In this place you'll find the people you created, and you'll experience the situations they're in - because you put them there!
Now, how are you going to write them out of them?
See? This is what being a writer is all about.
Andrew Barrett
Don't be an aspiring writer - be a writer!
That idea that came to you last week, that scene you saw outside the Post Office last month, or that way you felt as you saw the police car speeding along with the blues-and-twos on... write about it. A story will come.
And when you've written that story, begin another.
Pretty soon, each day will be filled with the urge to write; you'll see the world happening before you as a collection of scenes. Writing is life on a page, so it's time to start living.
That idea that came to you last week, that scene you saw outside the Post Office last month, or that way you felt as you saw the police car speeding along with the blues-and-twos on... write about it. A story will come.
And when you've written that story, begin another.
Pretty soon, each day will be filled with the urge to write; you'll see the world happening before you as a collection of scenes. Writing is life on a page, so it's time to start living.
Andrew Barrett
I began writing the new Eddie Collins book back in March 2017, but put that on hold after 17k words to work on a book specifically for Bloodhound Books. That new book, provisionally entitled Dancing at the Devil's Door is now pending editorial work.
So, for now at least, I'm back on the new Eddie book - and loving it!
So, for now at least, I'm back on the new Eddie book - and loving it!
Andrew Barrett
I think my favourite fictional couple might come as a surprise to a lot of people. They are Harold and Albert Steptoe from the hit UK TV show of the 1960s and 70s, Steptoe & Son. It featured a father and son rag-and-bone duo who live and work together in squalor.
I can see your eyebrows rising.
Well, I love the dynamics between them; how Harold (the son) 'hates' his father who is perpetually in his way, always preventing him from making a better life for himself, always spoiling the plans he has. Yet secretly, he adores his father and would probably be lost without him.
Albert is excellent at playing the guilt trip on his son, and would be helpless without him. Albert confounds Harold's plans to leave or to get married and move someone else into their home with regularity (and hilarity); eager to preserve what they have together - even if it means Harold is frustrated.
They interact beautifully, and the viewer delights at their status quo, knowing intimately what their intentions are towards the other, and knowing the outcome way before it actually happens. But it's the way they are with each other that keeps the viewer intrigued.
This is the duo that I'm aiming to emulate in my CSI Eddie Collins series of books. The father, Charles, is beaten and his home burgled, and Eddie brings him home to live with him in his small country bungalow.
Charles settles right in; and even though he feels a bit guilty about shacking up with his son, he has no intention of leaving again. Eddie is tolerant towards his father, but uses him as a punching bag for his sarcasm and his wit. Both dislike each other's company, but both would find life harder without the other in it.
I can see your eyebrows rising.
Well, I love the dynamics between them; how Harold (the son) 'hates' his father who is perpetually in his way, always preventing him from making a better life for himself, always spoiling the plans he has. Yet secretly, he adores his father and would probably be lost without him.
Albert is excellent at playing the guilt trip on his son, and would be helpless without him. Albert confounds Harold's plans to leave or to get married and move someone else into their home with regularity (and hilarity); eager to preserve what they have together - even if it means Harold is frustrated.
They interact beautifully, and the viewer delights at their status quo, knowing intimately what their intentions are towards the other, and knowing the outcome way before it actually happens. But it's the way they are with each other that keeps the viewer intrigued.
This is the duo that I'm aiming to emulate in my CSI Eddie Collins series of books. The father, Charles, is beaten and his home burgled, and Eddie brings him home to live with him in his small country bungalow.
Charles settles right in; and even though he feels a bit guilty about shacking up with his son, he has no intention of leaving again. Eddie is tolerant towards his father, but uses him as a punching bag for his sarcasm and his wit. Both dislike each other's company, but both would find life harder without the other in it.
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