Welcome to my website.
Latest news is that my next poetry book is likely to make it before the next novel. It will be published fairly soon by Lapwing Publications of Belfast - date yet to be announced. My first solo run, so quite exzciting.Even more exciting is the arrival of grandson Oisin nearly three months ago to Simon and Teresa in Dublin. Just in time to join the family gathering at Christmas when younger son Brian and granddaughter Tara came over from the UK - great occasion. More about these and other things on my new blog Ancient Villainies at http.//rogerhudson-ancient villainies.blogspot.com/ I'm still getting to grips with that but it should enable me to shoot my mouth off about all and sundry, especially things I am discovering about the craft of writing historical crime fiction. The first blog is called 'On the Long Road to Crime Fiction' about how I ended up here and more have gone up recently.
I'm talking about 'Classics into Fiction' and how my historical research findings turned into story ideas that became my novel on Thursday 25th February 6.30pm to University College Dublin Classical Society - all welcome. Then on March 5th I'm guestblogging on Julie Lomoe's Musings Mysterioso with a piece called 'In Pursuit of Plausibility' which asks how important plausibility is for reader involvement and whether conversely being too accurate could turn readers off. After that, on March 11th., comes one on Kadi Easley's blog http://kdblog.kdwrites.com on 'The Magic of Historical Research' on how snippets of research information can prompt storylines and more. I'm aiming to be guestblogging more over the next few months, so watch this space or follow my blog. I'm also posting occasional reviews on Alan Bishops Criminal History ezine.
Work proceeds on the sequel Fraud Under the Akropolis though the title may have to change as fraud is proving not to be the major crime in town. The construction boom is a big player with Sindron getting serious about achieving his freedom and Philia asserting herself too. New characters real and imaginary have forced themselves onto the scene not to mention Lysanias' first and very unusual battle and the first performance of the Oresteia - just to give myself a small challenge!
"a truly original and amazing book"
Shelley Glodowski, Midwest Book Review
"a first-rate history/mystery"
M. Wayne Cunningham, Mysterious Reviews
"an excellent book, entertaining and instructive."
Bernard Knight, Tangled Web
"a definite winnernothing short of amazing"
Sylvia Cochran, Roundtable Reviews
"Roger Hudson is certainly an author to keep your eye on."
Ayo Onatade, Shots
"a corking good detective story...highly enjoyable read!"
Alan Bishop, Criminal-History
"a worthy entrant into the historical mystery genre."
Sara Wilson, Historical Novels Review Online
"a pretty good read with likeable characters"
Rik Shepherd, Eurocrime
"characters compelling, conspiracies well tangled."
Kris Swank, The Sybil & Sleuth
