So, though the launch was before the Summer, I just couldn’t resist to put pictures of my mates. They’re wonderful writers and lovely people.
So here they are after the launch.
To get a detailed summary of the event, just go to the MCBF page.
And remember that you can buy the Crimelines Anthology online at the MMU Online bookshop, because Reading isn’t a crime, Or is it?
Here is the last interview of my Crimelines Anthology series, and today I’m talking to Editor
Iris Feindt
[©2014 I.Feindt]
You’ve edited the Timelines Anthology, did you find this one easier to do after this experience?
Yes and no. I think with every new anthology come new challenges.
Livi, who edited Crimelines with me, and I are really used to working with each other now, which is great. We are totally on the same page when it comes to editing and we look for similar things in a story. I feel very lucky to be working with her. We collaborated with the Manchester School of Art last time and because of this, it was much easier this time around.
What was harder was the amount of stories we received and read. For Timelines we looked at perhaps 18 stories. 17 ended up in Timelines. For Crimelines we read about 30 stories, 21 making it into the anthology. Continue reading
With only days before the Crimelines launch, today I’m talking to
Marie Basting
[©2014 M.Basting]
Tell us how you got involved in the Crimelines project?
As a student on the MA Creative Writing course at MMU I was invited to submit a piece for the anthology. I was unsure at first. I’d never written a short story before, had only ever written for much younger children and knew nothing about the crime genre. In the end, I figured what the heck and went for it. Yep, what the heck, it’s how I make most of my decisions. Continue reading
Today in the serie of interviews, I’m talking to
Jamie O’dowd
[©2014 J.O’dowd]
Tell us how you got involved in the Crimelines project?
I’ve been involved in Crimelines as a student at MMU. The theme appealed to me straight away. I like to focus on the darker aspects of life in my writing and crime and darkness go hand in hand. As a first year masters student – as well as a full time teacher and father – I didn’t think I would have enough time to become involved in the project, but it has turned out to be a fantastic experience. Continue reading
in the series of Crimelines interviews, today I’m talking to
Kay Ryder
[©2014 K.Ryder]
Tell us how you got involved in the Crimelines project?
I was invited to submit a story for consideration, as I’m a student on the MA Creative Writing for Children at MMU. I write YA fiction, so the chance to write a crime story for teenagers was exactly the kind of opportunity I was looking for. I wrote for my favourite genre, science-fiction, and I’m excited to be part of the launch and promotion too. Continue reading
Today I’m talking to another talented author of the Crimelines series,
Anna Mainwaring
[©2014 A.Mainwaring]
Tell us how you got involved in the Crimelines project?
I’m in the final year of the Manchester Metropolitan University’s MA in Creative Writing for Children. The third year students were offered the opportunity to write a story for ‘Crimelines’ fairly late on (we’d already had our turn with ‘Timelines’ the year before). Although the deadline was tight, I was keen to participate. When thinking about what to write about, I thought of a novel opening that I’d been working on several years ago and decided to develop that. Whilst I had the initial idea already, it needed quite a lot of work to change from an opening to a piece that made sense on its own. Continue reading
Today, in the serie of the Crimelines interviews, I’m talking to a wonderful author,
Matt Killeen
[©2014 M.Killeen]
Tell us how you got involved in the Crimelines project?
Almost by accident…I had contributed a story for the Timelines anthology, ‘Lucky Hits the Skin’, a story set during the Napoleonic Wars. We’d had plenty of notice so I had spent a great deal of time honing and editing it over the course of more than a month. I lived and breathed it, the smell of blood and gunpowder in my nostrils, so to speak. I’d heard that Iris and Livi were planning a follow-up but I didn’t think I’d get a chance to contribute this time, as they like to feature as many first-time authors as possible. So I didn’t give it any thought. Then, when the opportunity arose, I only had a week and a bit to write something, which was daunting but quite liberating at the same time. Although I didn’t want to let Iris and Livi down, if I couldn’t come up with anything in time I’d lost nothing, like a goalkeeper in a penalty shoot-out. Continue reading
check out this great cover!!
Now you really want to read it don’t you? The book will be for sale very soon. You’re just going to have to be patient.
The launch will take place 5th July at the John Rylands library. There, you’ll be able to hear the wonderful stories from this anthology.