No, the book is not done yet! Instead there's a non-fiction article due out any day- if you're a Writing Magazine subscriber; othe...

Apologies for the lack of communication this last few weeks; it's been a month of varying appointments, arranging a speaker for October ...

Around this time in November the shortlist for the Bad Sex in Fiction Award is announced. The Award  was established by Auberon Waugh, the...

When I first got back into writing, after a very long break, my first published pieces were letters to my local newspaper. It's a good w...

I'm always surprised to discover my editing skills have improved. As I mentioned a couple of weeks ago, I have a short story that I wa...

My rewriting of the short story is going well. I've finished the first rewrite now and just need to go back through it, as I'm a c...

Thanks to the Facebook page of the Romantic Novelists Association, I saw the link for the write for Elle competition. Elle is a glossy mon...

The 17th to 23rd November is National Short Story Week in the UK. After years of decline the short story has had a resurgence, and the org...

Last week went so quickly and I was trying to get so much done that I missed any blog posts. Plus a trip to the dentist on Friday for root...