Dan C. Thompson's Blog

It has become a pattern now for me to host interviews in my books. For my release of The Black Petal, I am asking for your questions. It can be about the book, any of the books, myself, any question you like. I did this for Here Lies Love, and was pleased to see many people […]

When I was a child and teenager I couldn’t really afford to buy many books. My family wasn’t well off, and, well, books were expensive. Unless of course you get them from a charity shop. My school didn’t have an extensive library either. Books were the things you got as gifts for birthdays and Christmas, […]

OK, let’s get the obvious out the way to begin with: I know you listen to an audiobook, but can you actually class it as reading? Let’s pick a book at random …. I don’t know, let’s pick Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. Now let’s say you downloaded the audiobook and listened to it. Would you then […]

Music unites us all. Or, I should say, the love of music united us all. Sometimes, there is nothing better than kicking your shoes off after a hard day, lazing on the settee and sticking on a favourite album. Whether it be classical, rock, hip hop, opera or even that hated, derogatory word ‘pop’. Music relaxes […]

I’ve been getting a lot of rejections from potential publishers and agents recently. It’s tough, it’s disheartening and often discouraging, but I plough on. I want my books to reach my readers in the best way possible – the waiting game is tough. Patience is truly a virtue and all that … or though they […]

For anyone who really knows me, knows my work (published and unpublished) or has read my many blog interviews, will know that Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy is my number one inspiration for writing fantasy. I mean, wow – I just loved all three books. The author’s imagination and creative storytelling brought me out of […]

This is something that has always confused me. As a fantasy writer, as well as a huge fantasy reader, I’ve often questioned why in bookshops and online categories, Science Fiction and Fantasy genres get bundled together. I know there are people out there who struggle to tell the difference, but the way I see it […]

Some of you may be wondering what I’ve been up to recently; what are you working on, Dan? There are a few people who have been hounding   gently probing when my next book will be out. As much as I’d like to say soon, the truth is, I don’t know. Here Lies Love was a […]

I’m currently reading Neil Gaiman’s Stardust. I haven’t finished it yet, but it is safe to say that I’m not enjoying it as much as I’d hoped. Things may change by the end, I may end up loving it, you never know. But as I read, I can’t help but feel a little bitter about his […]

A lot of people didn’t like JK Rowling’s first venture away from the Harry Potter series; I often thought it was because people were expecting something magical, something Harry Potter-ish, but was disappointed with her little political drama set in a beautiful English village. Me on the other hand was hooked with the lives of the […]