Craig Robertson
@craig-robertson.bsky.social
Author. Crime writer. Festival organiser. Cat slave.
Reposted by Craig Robertson
William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of Crime Fiction
— @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir
5/7
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— @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir
5/7
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...
McIlvanney and Me: Ian Rankin Remembers the Man Who Created Tartan Noir
It was August 1985 and I was a full-time student at the University of Edinburgh. When not studying, I was writing novels. By 1985 I’d written two. One had been rejected but the other had been accep…
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November 25, 2024 at 12:21 PM
William McIlvanney’s pitch-black noirs, featuring Inspector Laidlaw’s disturbing adventures in the Glasgow underworld, made Scotland into a world capital of Crime Fiction
— @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir
5/7
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...
— @ianrankin1.bsky.social remembers the man who created Tartan Noir
5/7
crimereads.com/mcilvanney-a...
It’s not. Sorry! N&W are still on the back burner for now.
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
It’s not. Sorry! N&W are still on the back burner for now.
It’s a minefield (or whatever they call a minefield). But I don’t mind those so much. It’s typing the right words spelled wrongly that really grates.
November 22, 2024 at 3:50 PM
It’s a minefield (or whatever they call a minefield). But I don’t mind those so much. It’s typing the right words spelled wrongly that really grates.
I can't even...
November 22, 2024 at 12:47 PM
I can't even...
Ha. It's tough but I'll survive. I just have to ignore the sound of my old teachers turning in their graves.
November 22, 2024 at 12:41 PM
Ha. It's tough but I'll survive. I just have to ignore the sound of my old teachers turning in their graves.
Sometimes less is more.
November 18, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Sometimes less is more.
I do like a bit of cheeky alliteration so that could work.
November 18, 2024 at 8:18 PM
I do like a bit of cheeky alliteration so that could work.
It’s fraud. Simple as that. A code word, you say… How about ´rob’? Easy enough to get into reviews. They’re simultaneously robbing readers of cash while robbing the real writers of the credit. Rob.
November 18, 2024 at 7:26 PM
It’s fraud. Simple as that. A code word, you say… How about ´rob’? Easy enough to get into reviews. They’re simultaneously robbing readers of cash while robbing the real writers of the credit. Rob.
Well that makes me very happy! Thanks, sir!
November 17, 2024 at 6:57 PM
Well that makes me very happy! Thanks, sir!
If only I knew…
November 16, 2024 at 1:07 PM
If only I knew…
Cats are always winners.
November 15, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Cats are always winners.
That would still be better than most replies on Twitter.
November 15, 2024 at 10:39 PM
That would still be better than most replies on Twitter.
I'd probably still have spoken into the void but glad that there are people out there.
November 15, 2024 at 10:35 PM
I'd probably still have spoken into the void but glad that there are people out there.
Got to love a Smudge.
November 15, 2024 at 6:48 PM
Got to love a Smudge.