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…
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…
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…
‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was living, not even a mouse. The corpses were hung by the chimney with care, Strung up with nooses made out of their hair. The children were…
Heed my words or burn in Hell! Thou have been sinning like a bad, bad writer and thou must stop(est?) For details on how to save your soul check out my new seven article series on the Seven Deadly Sins…
I pitched the megapitch this weekend… I’m not scared of the megapitch! Yeah! And then we’ll get up and poo her all over the table cause we’re not afraid of anything are we snotface? Ok, I’m a little scared of…
…I’m a jerk. I don’t think anything can sum up how I feel right now better than this excerpt from the 1979 Steve Martin masterpiece that was ‘The Jerk’: . I don’t need any of this! I don’t need this stuff!…