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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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 […]
The lovely Karina at Nocturnal Book Reviews invited me to take part in her annual Christmas with, a collection of festive tales from some great authors, so I was delighted to take part. You can read the Dark Dates story here, but why not check out some of the other delights on offer as well […]
So, the festive season is – to the horror of most of us, who are still wondering where the hell the year went – almost upon us. It’s the season when TV ads are crafted to make us cry (damn you, John Lewis!), shops are crammed with all sorts of tat supposedly made palatable by […]
Dark Dates 