One of the universal truths of writing is “If your keyboards not rockin’, they’ll come a knockin’”. The best anthology opportunities always come along whenever I’m bereft of stories. I’ve either shipped ‘em off somewhere else or changed them so…
I’m feeling absolutely gutted I couldn’t make it to FantasyCon this year, or the year before that, or the year before that, or the year before that… The first ever FCon I went to was World FCon at Brighton in…
It’s fine to own a mountain of empty notebooks, absolutely normal and fine and sane! The sherpa who guides me through the Himalayan-sized pile of notebooks in my office tells me so anyway. New notebooks, old worn down pads, ones…
As I’ve ranted about ad infinitum, I haven’t written or read anything in a hell of a long time! But, recently on holiday I took a book with me. Partly the habit of having a good book with you at…
The best I can figure it, the last time I wrote anything was early 2017. 2017. TWO. THOUSAND. SEVENTEEN! Jebus. Fuppin’. Christ. You think lethargy and apathy are things that would sneak up on you, I mean come on –…
Last week I hit a decidedly despicable peak of dreariness and posted the following to Facebook: Been gutted to be missing out on cons for a couple of years now…and extra sad that it’s out of my hands at the…
Is it a common thing for writers to protect their ideas so fiercely that they’ll likely never see the light of day? The other day I spotted a writing contest on Writing Magazine’s Twitter feed calling for chilling horror stories.…
It’s time to admit the truth. I haven’t written anything for over two years now. No novels, novellas, novelettes, not even a novspresso; no short stories or flash fiction or six-word stories; no planning or drafting or brainstorming, no ideas…
My latest short story — but not latest chronologically speaking — is being released 14th July 2018 at EdgeLit 7. My story ‘Good Girl’ will appear in the Dog Horror themed anthology ‘In Dog We Trust’, edited by Anthony Cowin and…