May The Fourth Be With You
It’s strange, the places life takes you. Today I find myself in a ‘conference centre’ – a kind of up-market motel designed to take people out of the real world for a few days. How did I get here? Well,...
View ArticleThree Observations On Successful Writers
Marianne de Pierres (She Who Must Be Obeyed) suggested I write and chat to Peter Cawdron about getting published. She seems to have forgotten that I know almost nothing about it and have certainly not...
View ArticleShort List, Long Wait
I had wonderful news a couple of weeks ago – my tiny little story The City made it to the shortlist in the Concept Sci-fi 150-word flash-fiction competition. For someone who has only just this year...
View ArticleConcpt Sci-fi Flash Fiction Winner Announced
And the winner was…‘Renewal’ by Greg McElhatton. A worthy victor, I must say. Since my own story ‘The City’ was shortlisted in this competition, I was very pleased for the kind words from the Judge,...
View ArticleWhere do you get your ideas?
As a budding writer, I feel I must prepare for this one. Imagine. An audience of three thousand in a gigantic auditorium. It is the plenary panel session at Schmoozecon, the world’s premiere writing...
View ArticleHey, I Won a Contest!
It’s not exactly Aurealis, and the prize money would barely cover a decent bottle of champagne to celebrate with, but I’m very pleased to announce that I was the winner in Abra Wiebe’s Spec The Halls...
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