Excited to let you know that I won the Byte the Book short story competition – on my birthday, no less. Thanks to everyone who voted, and remember if you like my short stories you can buy a whole damn book of them here…
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Voting is super depressing these days BUT here’s a poll where there are no bad answers! One of my stories has been shortlisted for the Byte the Book story competition and the winner is by public poll. You can read all the entries and vote for your favourite (*cough* Pick me! Pick me! *cough*) at […]
My life feels like a series of coming full circle at the moment – but, happily, in really nice ways. Moving home, reconnecting with old friends and my family, and now, with my work. Yes, I am super excited – and nervous – to announce that my first books are now available on Kindle for […]
I’ve been very neglectful of my writing of late, as the day job has been insanely busy, which makes it even nicer that a couple of nice pieces of news have arrived. An older short story of mine, inspired by my time as a subtitler, was chosen as story of the month by Byte the […]
Working on long-form projects like novels can mean that you feel like your profile is hard to maintain. Once the excitement of a book coming out has died down, how do you keep up momentum until you publish the next one? This may not be an issue if you are particularly prolific, but as many […]
One of the most common questions writers are asked is ‘where do you get your ideas from?’ Usually, the answer is no more enlightening than ‘my head’. But sometimes you do remember the spark, even if the final story bears no resemblance to what inspired it. So it is with Louise’s Tattoos. It’s an old […]
In honour of Pride in London today & because I suspect we all need a laugh in the current political crisis, here’s a (possible) scene from my WIP – Laclos vs homophobes, round 2: [Note: this is set in New York] ‘Hey! You know this ain’t a bar for your type, right?’ I looked up as […]
You wait ages for one Dark Dates book to come along and two come at once… yes, it may seem crazy but as a companion piece to Angel Falls, I am also putting out a selection of 3 stories (I hesitate to call them short, as they aren’t particularly). A Vampire in New York was […]
One of the criticisms of the digital book market is that it puts pressure on authors to constantly churn out new material: that on top of the ‘book a year’ demands of mainstream publishers, authors are now expected to produce digital-only short stories to keep their profile high and, of course, bring in extra income. […]
Continuing my mission to get the Dark Dates series into print, I have combined the three short stories A Vampire Walks Into a Bar, A Vampire Christmas and A Vampire In Edinburgh into one book and this is now available from Amazon (yes, I know a lot of people have issues with Amazon, but as […]
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