Author Archives: Peter
A 50:50 Chance
It was in March 2018 that the idea first started to form in my mind. I would be turning fifty later in the year, and I wanted to do something memorable to mark my reaching that milestone in, more or … Continue reading
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Tagged 50 Gigs, Author, Blog, Music, Peter Carroll, Rock n Roll, WinterStorm
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Stark Reminders
After enduring a longer gestation period than an African elephant, here it is! The new DI Adam Stark novel, Stark Reminders. As ever, my thanks go out to everyone who helped me get to this stage but especially Gordon for … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Stark, Author, Crime Novel, Peter Carroll, Stark Reminders, Writing
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More Stark, or should that be Starker?
The third DI Adam Stark novel was published in July 2015 and, almost as soon as I’d finished it, I was confident I had the plot and theme of the follow-up, Stark Reminders, pretty clear in my mind. I started … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Stark, Author, Blog, Crime Novel, Peter Carroll, Writing
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Thank You, Malcolm
I know a lot of people are cynical and dismissive of folks when they profess their grief for a dead rock star they’ve never met, but I don’t give a damn about those people. Those people either never considered music … Continue reading
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Tagged AC/DC, Blog, Dementia, Malcolm Young, Music, Peter Carroll, Rock n Roll, Writing
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WildFire Festival 2017 – A Review
The WildFire Festival, a rock music event held near Biggar in southern Scotland, took place across three days but, for various reasons, I was only able to attend on Saturday 24th June. Luckily for me, it was the strongest day’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Broken Witt Rebels, Gig Review, Music, Peter Carroll, Rock n Roll, Scotland, Toseland, WildFire Festival
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2016 Not The Worst Year Ever
All over the place I hear or see 2016 being hailed as ‘the worst year ever’. Hmm. I’m reasonably confident there have been plenty of worse years throughout human history. Brexit is just a mad experiment. It might not even … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Stark, Author, Birds, Music, Peter Carroll, Texas, WinterStorm, Writing
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My Top Reads of 2016
I read almost thirty books this year, which is probably a record for me since my pre-teen bookworm days. Many were decent but unremarkable, a few were pants. These five stood out as the best. If you also read any … Continue reading
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Storm Force
The small, Scottish, seaside town of Troon appears, on the face of it, to be a pretty unlikely place for a rock festival to take place. If someone proposed to hold it at the end of November, it might seem … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, FM, Last In Line, Music, Peter Carroll, Rock n Roll, Toseland, Troon, Vega, Vinnie Appice, WinterStorm
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It’s A Long Way To The Top
I’ve been into rock music in a serious way since I was about eleven and I’ve always loved live music. However, in recent years, I’ve been seeing fewer and fewer bands live. I won’t pay touts, I don’t like big … Continue reading
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Tagged Author, Gigs, Illustr8ors, Music, Peter Carroll, RavenEye, Rock n Roll, Toseland, Winter Storm Festival
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Write On
I started writing – in any kind of formal sense – about six years ago. I wrote a novel, which, lo and behold, somebody said they wanted to publish. That was an amazing feeling and all the build up to … Continue reading
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Tagged Adam Stark, Amazon, Author, Blog, Motivation, Peter Carroll, Writing
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