WordPress sent me a notification this week to say that I’d published 200 posts, and they think this is worth celebrating. 200 posts! It sounds a lot, but it’s been built up over time, much like the rest of my writing. Sometimes the task of writing a novel or putting a short story, flash fiction … Continue reading Blogging as a Writer: Why It’s Worthwhile and How to Build Up Over Time
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I’m thrilled to share the news that my quirky little story, This is the Year I Learn to Float, which began to form at a SmokeLong Quarterly workshop, with editors, Helen Rye and Christopher Allen, will be published by National Flash Fiction Day in their Flash Flood journal at around on 26 June for National … Continue reading National Flash Fiction Day
I've recently updated my Amazon Author Central page. It's important to keep websites, bios and pages like Amazon Author Central up to date, but why create an Amazon Author Central page at all? Is it worth it? In a word, yes. It pulls all of your work together in to one place, if you link … Continue reading Writing an author bio and making use of Amazon Author Central
A very Happy Easter to you all! One of my stories has been longlisted in the Reflex Press Quarterly international flash competition, Spring 2021. “We received 720 entries from 39 different countries. We’ve compiled a longlist of fifty stories. Congratulations to everyone who made the longlist!” Reflex Press. They have also asked me to be … Continue reading Competition listing and other news
My first four poems have just been published with Unpublishable Zine. These are my first poetry publications, which is exciting. You can read them all here, or read one below. I have a forthcoming podcast reading with the same journal. Swirls of Blues and Yellows The clouds swirlwith blues andyellows, the starsmingling with thenight sky, rolling likeballs … Continue reading Poetry
