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Hi, I’m Vanessa and welcome to my site.
In 2015, I won Bloody Scotland’s Pitch Perfect event and my first novel, Death Will Find Me, was published in February, 2019. The second Tessa Kilpatrick book will be out early next year and in the meantime, I’ll soon be launching a series of art crime thrillers.
You can find out more about me and what I’m up to by following the links at the top, and there are contact details below if you want to ask me any questions or invite me to talk at your bookshop, library or festival.
Category Archives: Life
Sunday words.
Nous sommes Paris. Those seem to be the only words that matter this weekend. Words that show solidarity, sympathy and a refusal to allow hate to win over love.
Sunday words
Personally, I like a nice adverb every so often but I take Mr King’s point.
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Laptop and latte – the best cafes for writers, Edinburgh and beyond
JK Rowling famously wrote Harry Potter in Edinburgh cafes (although not in as many as claim to be the birthplace of Harry P. I suspect) while other writers can’t imagine in other than complete silence or away from their desk … Continue reading
Posted in My Writing, Places to go, Travel
Tagged Archerfield, cafe culture, California, Culross, East Lothian, Edinburgh, Fife, Gallery of Modern Art, how I write, Stockbridge
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How I blog now.
After almost a decade of churning out words on the interwebz, I’ve been looking at how my personal style of blogging has changed. I began way back in 2006, when LiveJournal was still relatively common for those who wanted to … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Thoughts
Tagged blogging, evolution, Fidra Books, State of Independents
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