A somewhat inconvenient paralysis of my writing muscle. Maybe a change of focus is required?

Now I’ve finished Where’s Lizzie? I would expect to be writing several thousand words a day on one of my other projects. After all, I have enough half-finished work to be getting on with. I’m lucky to be able to … Continued

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Book Review. Steampunk adventures in Steven Smith’s “As the Crow Flies.”

I must admit that I’ve been waiting for this day, when I can finally share my review of this upcoming book. But first, a few words about the author. Steven Smith is a book reviewer and blogger, who I first … Continued

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It’s all in the edit.

I’m in the middle of editing Where’s Lizzie? I got the corrected document back from my editor before Christmas and, apart from a quick look over it, I left it alone. I didn’t want to make a start when there … Continued

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A different way of publishing. I start a new series of Sci-fi short stories on Medium.

Happy New Year to you all. In an attempt to reach a different audience, I thought that I’d try a new way of putting my work out. First, a bit of background. As well as my stand-alone stories, I’ve written … Continued

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Round up, a writer’s look back at 2023.

It’s a habit of mine, at this time of the year, to look back at what I’ve done since January and evaluate it. After a few years of only releasing one new story, this year, I’ve published three. And I … Continued

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Flash Fiction, Man of Mystery.

Here is the flash fiction. It’s a piece I wrote for a competition a while ago, it features in my short story collection, inspiringly called Flash Fiction, which has just received this review, The challenge for this piece was to … Continued

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