Author: tim@lifeisart.co.uk

Below are the first three chapters of The Drama Merchant. If you would like to listen to more and see how James gets on, then follow the links further down and sign up to Audible and get your FREE copy. If you are already a member, then great, you get the audiobook at the usual…

“Are biases and unfair or untruthful representations of political, social or personal issues a problem in novels? How does a novelist balance bias?” The above questions dropped into my email box from a reader of this website. They’re good questions. Speaking for myself, when I sit down to write a novel there is a particular…

You’ll probably know, if you’ve visited The Drama Merchant page, that I’ve recorded the audio book for the novel. I’m now a recording artist! That’s pretty damned awesome. Not just a string to my bow, but a whole new bow! And it has been great fun ‘performing’ my own story. Getting into the character of…

When I meet other authors they invariably ask: “How did I manage to find a publisher?” And it is not a short answer, because my literary career has been a journey of highs and lows. Tim Rees During my time with the BBC I made many films and dramas, including one about a period of…

Years ago now, I remember driving in the car and listening to Just William read by Martin Jarvis. It was brilliant and had us all enthralled and I remember being surprised when I learned it was a thing called an audiobook – I thought we’d been listening to the radio. I suppose, when we talk…

The Drama Merchant is a story told through the eyes of a specialist soldier, James Thomas. The story is mainly set in Cardiff and Tenby. James has been dating Gemma, who is a pacifist. Gemma is unaware of James’ true profession until his secret units identifies are released to the press after a headline news…

The Godfather Recently the cast and crew of the classic film series The Godfather had the 45th anniversary of the first movie. As a huge fan I read an article in The Guardian newspaper about it and was shocked to see this quote from Frances Ford Coppola: “Today it wouldn’t get a go-ahead,” he said.…

goodreads.com I noticed a question on the Good Reads website asking indie authors whether they felt a sense of pride at being an indie author. For those who don’t know what an indie author is, it’s a writer who has self-published fiction and/or non-fiction. I’m in the fortunate position of being both types of author…

Hi. I’m the  author and novelist, Tim Rees. At dinner parties, the one question I’m often asked is when did I first discover I could write? Does any writer discover they can write or is writing something we all start doing? For me, the moment I discovered books I wanted to tell my own stories.…

Writing a novel is a form of insanity. The novelist sits alone for hours on end playing with imaginary friends. When a person goes to a medical professional complaining of voices in their head, they are diagnosed and medicated. But for the writer there is no cure from the addiction that is writing fiction. Yes,…