Phil Hall

a lot of rivalry in it because although it's meant to all be fun and games people who do it often will see that there's a certain undercount of people who want to be first so i'm thinking a lot of intricacy involved a lot of planning because you've got to have the red herrings you've got to have a

a lot of rivalry in it because although it's meant to all be fun and games people who do it often will see that there's a certain undercount of people who want to be first so i'm thinking a lot of intricacy involved a lot of planning because you've got to have the red herrings you've got to have a

Yep, you're not wrong there. I get an A3 piece of paper and I start with the murder in the middle and I do a little spider map of this leads to so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so and then this does so-and-so and this person does that. And then I will map out the chapters and I will write underneath it

Yep, you're not wrong there. I get an A3 piece of paper and I start with the murder in the middle and I do a little spider map of this leads to so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so and then this does so-and-so and this person does that. And then I will map out the chapters and I will write underneath it

plot, and then Scott and Ron, my two leading detectives, and dialogue, anything clever I want to say in that particular chapter. And then I'll start to make a few notes in it, so I know roughly what's going to happen in each of the first six or eight chapters before I even start.

plot, and then Scott and Ron, my two leading detectives, and dialogue, anything clever I want to say in that particular chapter. And then I'll start to make a few notes in it, so I know roughly what's going to happen in each of the first six or eight chapters before I even start.

Yes, more or less exactly how it works. I went to a writer's conference where this guy was talking about not knowing who was the murderer until the end and creating four or five plausible killers because he felt otherwise his writing would give it away if he knew the answer. I've never been able to do that.

Yes, more or less exactly how it works. I went to a writer's conference where this guy was talking about not knowing who was the murderer until the end and creating four or five plausible killers because he felt otherwise his writing would give it away if he knew the answer. I've never been able to do that.

I always know the answer more or less when I start that it's going to be X or it's going to be Y. Then I'm building the red herrings around it as I go along kind of thing.

I always know the answer more or less when I start that it's going to be X or it's going to be Y. Then I'm building the red herrings around it as I go along kind of thing.

I don't think any writer could get away without having a few of the proofreaders around. I've got a guy I actually went to school with when we were five. We started school together. A guy, Andy Lipson, now lives in Edinburgh. He was known as the walking encyclopedia at school. So we have a deal where he does my proofreading every year and I send him a bottle of whiskey. So it works really well.

I don't think any writer could get away without having a few of the proofreaders around. I've got a guy I actually went to school with when we were five. We started school together. A guy, Andy Lipson, now lives in Edinburgh. He was known as the walking encyclopedia at school. So we have a deal where he does my proofreading every year and I send him a bottle of whiskey. So it works really well.

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Okay, Phil, finally, here comes the plug. The new book is The Cave of Death. You can get them on Amazon if you search Phil Hall, The Cave of Death, or go to my website, which is philhallauthor.com, and you'll find links to them all there.

Well the East Surrey Morris Men were formed in 1926. The Morris was in a bad state in the late 19th century and it was saved from extinction really by Cecil Sharp who was a folk music collector. and the English Folk Dance Society was involved in training new people to dance the Morris, having collected the dances from the Cotswold area in particular.

Well the East Surrey Morris Men were formed in 1926. The Morris was in a bad state in the late 19th century and it was saved from extinction really by Cecil Sharp who was a folk music collector. and the English Folk Dance Society was involved in training new people to dance the Morris, having collected the dances from the Cotswold area in particular.

East Surrey Morrismen were formed from the English Folk Dance Society's East Surrey district in 1926. to perform the Morris dances that have been collected. What are Morris dances? What do they signify? What are they for? What's their point? They're not really for anything. They're for enjoyment and they're an artistic expression.

East Surrey Morrismen were formed from the English Folk Dance Society's East Surrey district in 1926. to perform the Morris dances that have been collected. What are Morris dances? What do they signify? What are they for? What's their point? They're not really for anything. They're for enjoyment and they're an artistic expression.

So nothing to do with fertility dances for crops or for anything else? There's no strong evidence for that. I mean, there's some dances that are clearly related to that. So we do a dance called bean setting, for example, where you use the sticks to poke the ground and...

So nothing to do with fertility dances for crops or for anything else? There's no strong evidence for that. I mean, there's some dances that are clearly related to that. So we do a dance called bean setting, for example, where you use the sticks to poke the ground and...