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Hi Everyone! We were lucky enough to be invited in as guests on this weeks show. What a fantastic forum for writers and readers alike! Looking forward to more! Best wishes, Carol & Bob :)
So lovely to see you here. Enjoyed your participation so much... so natural... just like one of us, and to think your were real Scotland Yard type of personnel!!!
 
Hello! Sorry for late reply - it's been rather manic at #TeamDylan these past few weeks BUT we are so very much looking forward to taking part in the show again this Sunday! :)
With regard to your question... Writing the prequel to the Dylan series was wonderful for us both as we knew the characters so well - after writing the other 8 books that follow to form the series. I hope our readers can see how we have also grown as writers in the last ten years. ;)
The prequel is a chance to get to know Dylan & Jen's back-story... 'We' as readers know some of Jen's back story in the'home-life' storyline that always forms a secondary thread in all the books alongside the murders, and mayhem. But, 'we' know very little about Jack Dylan's past - until now. I should imagine it gives our readers a whole different experience 'knowing' Dylan before they read about the crimes he investigates, and what makes him the man he is...
Hope that helps! :)
 
Thanks you everyone who took the time to send us a message on this thread.
Bob and I are very much looking forward to being on the show again this Sunday - so please write down your questions.
I must apologise for our lack of communication we have been very busy at #TeamDylan since the show, and have some exciting projects in the pipeline that had strict deadlines - all are very exciting and we hope to be able to share them with you as time goes on. Some are long term and will not come to fruition until next year - others we will be revealing very soon.
Bye for now!
 
I know it will be brilliant. Are you free the week after? and the one after that? :)
Thank you for giving your time to us aspiring writers.
 
Thank you! We're looking forward to it too! We're just unpacking after a talk at Keighley Library. Library talks are always good fun. We take along our 'Victor - Vic for short' our 'victim' - he's always got a smile on his face but 'dies' in different ways at each talk. :) Bob and I also love it when our friend, international make up artist Pamela Clare joins us - she often 'wounds' members of our audience and shares her secrets... we love her fake blood! I will try and post some pictures for you to see. :)
 

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A few more from yesterday! Including the 'part' finished storyboard for 'When the Killing Starts' & an SIO's immediate thoughts at a crime scene - writers you may find this useful. The wounds are fake, honest!!!
 

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