The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

When I was a small child, I was always told never to be boastful, never to shout about my successes. I’ve tried to live by this advice as much as possible, never show off or trumpet my achievements too much. … Continued

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I’m on tour from Thursday,

a writing update. I thought I’d talk about writing this week. Looking back over the past few posts, the last time I actually did that was on Feb 22nd, when I let you into the workings of a new project. … Continued

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Anatomy of a novel, part two

Way back in January, I told you about an idea that I had, and how I was going to develop it. If you don’t remember, or you’re new here, this is the link Anyhow, I’ve been rather busy with the … 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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The return of an old friend

Finally, after a few months of depression and apathy, I feel ready to get back to some serious writing. Let’s start with a quote, “When a sister hates you, it really is the worst thing in the world.” That was … Continued

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The blank page and other Syndromes

When it comes to writing, I suffer from a lot of phobias, whether I like to admit it or not. I found out that one of my pet hates has a proper name, I’m referring to the panic which comes … Continued

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