Jeremy Craddock

Feb 18, 2024 | jeremycraddock.substack.com | Jeremy Craddock

As I’m into the final stages of writing my new book, this week I’m going to replay one of the paywalled newsletters from last year and give it to all subscribers as a thank you for all your support…The A-B-C of Writing True Stories is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I was deep into writing my true crime book The Jigsaw Murders. It was early 2020 and I had six or seven months until my deadline.

Feb 14, 2024 | jeremycraddock.substack.com | Jeremy Craddock

Don’t come too close this week. I’m full of cold!I might be coughing and sneezing and feeling rotten, but I’m here to bring you this A-B-C Midweek Bitesize edition. It’s going to be brief, but I have learned over many years of writing that even if you’re not feeling great, you need to turn up. Even if you write only a paragraph and then return to bed…Keeping up the momentum is vital. I’m into the final hurdle with my new book.

Feb 11, 2024 | jeremycraddock.substack.com | Jeremy Craddock

The A-B-C of Writing True Stories is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. I’ve known I wanted to be a writer since I was very little. And from an equally young age I’ve met famous authors, encounters that forged my desire to become an author myself. At school we had regular visits by poets and children’s authors. Many were known only locally; some had higher profiles.

Feb 8, 2024 | greatbritishlife.co.uk | Jeremy Craddock

One day I was browsing the online sales catalogue of a rare books seller and chanced upon a used set of Wainwright’s Lake District guides. The eight books had a price tag of £275. At first glance this seemed expensive but then I realised they had belonged to another famous Lake District author. They were the copies that had once belonged to the late Postman Pat creator John Cunliffe and included his personal annotations.

Feb 7, 2024 | jeremycraddock.substack.com | Jeremy Craddock

Hello and welcome to this week’s A-B-C Midweek Bitesize. It’s a short one — a film recommendation. Go and see One Life. It’s the true story of Nicholas Winton, a 29-year-old London stockbroker whose efforts helped to save hundreds and hundreds of Jewish children to escape from Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938 and 1939. It is one of the most powerful, emotional films I’ve ever seen.