A Box of Stars
I waited for my copy of the National Flash Fiction Day Anthology 2016 very patiently - honest! Everyone on Twitter and Facebook was...
And the Winner Is....
On the day of the prize giving ceremony for the "Too Write" competition - which was held in the Science Block of the University - I was...
A Crazy Time in Croatia
This June, while I was in Croatia on my annual sun holiday with Keith (the picture here is our view of the gorgeous sunset from a meal in...
City Voices Stoke - 10 Year Celebration
On 2nd April this year I went to my first meeting of the City Voices Stoke Creative Writers Group, of which I have since become vice...
Behind the Scenes
Although I have not posted here for a while, there has been lots going on behind the scenes, all of which I will be posting about in the...
A New Look
I have been thinking recently that I wanted a new look for my site, and to streamline some of the features. I have been working on it all...
Those Killer First Chapters
On Saturday 6th February I ventured to London to attend a workshop being held by Paul McVeigh, all about “Those Killer First Chapters”...
My New Job with "The Short Story"
A couple of weeks ago I was proud and thrilled to become part of the team over at The Short Story (TSS), an online platform dedicated to...
Someone's Left
News like this makes the world shimmer and you blink, looking around, thinking is it still the same? It looks the same, but someone's...
My First Publishing Success
Last year I achieved my first long list success with a story called “Death in the Nest”. This was a very exciting moment. Usually, when...
