Winner in a flash! Bridport Prize 2019
November 1, 2019
2019 brings welcome encouragement: First place in the Bridport Prize, Flash Fiction, with ‘Aftermath’
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Pb 82 words on lead
October 18, 2019
September equinox: back to page one
September 23, 2019
The September equinox brings with it a change of diary.
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Good grief
August 16, 2019
The Ruth Strauss Foundation, bereavement and how cricket helped me write The Chicken Soup Murder.
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Knock three times
July 19, 2019
The Chicken Soup Murder has been shortlisted for a prize three times. Here are the ups and down in the birth and life of a novel.
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Third time lucky?
June 21, 2019
Shortlisted again: will it be third time lucky for my novel The Chicken Soup Murder?
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Love of short fiction
May 24, 2019
May is not just one of the loveliest months for blossom, it’s also a time for celebrating short stories. Love writing them? Love reading them? Or do you need convincing?
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Chicken Soup Murder Q&A
April 26, 2019
In a recent post in her Writers Chat series, Shauna Gilligan posed some great questions about The Chicken Soup Murder.
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Scraps
March 11, 2019
A year through my window
January 1, 2019
Where I write
My favourite place for writing is in bed. When up and dressed I sit in a doorway.
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