Category Archives: writing

Out with the old, in with something else

Posted on January 4, 2014 by

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 24,000 times in 2013. If it were a … Continue reading →

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Everybody wave your hands like excitable children in celebration!

Posted on April 24, 2013 by

Your excellent taste in reading my posts has been validated! Speculative Fiction 2012: The Best Online Reviews, Essays, and Commentary is out, starring ME. Oh, and I guess 49 other people like Elizabeth Bear, Niall Harrison, Joe Abercrombie, Kate Elliott, … Continue reading →

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Teenage Wasteland 4: The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate – Finale

Posted on July 23, 2012 by

Here follows the last installment of The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate, a truly terrible piece of my early writing that I have dredged up for your amusement. (Catch up on parts one, two, and three of TLoCoG here, here, … Continue reading →

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Teenage Wasteland 3: The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate continues some more!

Posted on July 16, 2012 by

Sorry no proper reviews since last week. It’s been busy times in Womblevonia. In lieu of exciting commentary on other people’s work, I give you: terrible writing from my childhood! (Catch up on parts one and two of TLoCoG here … Continue reading →

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Teenage Wasteland 2: The Legend of Catherine of Gawthwate Continues!

Posted on July 9, 2012 by

So, people seemed to enjoy reading my horrifically bad early writings, last week. Favourites including my unique spelling of the word accent ‘exuent’ and Sir Richard’s horse, Belinda. For kicks and giggles, and so you can find out what happens … Continue reading →

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Teenage Wasteland: Old Manuscripts

Posted on July 2, 2012 by

Inspired by Lou Morgan’s post on discovering an old manuscript, I dug out a few. It wasn’t hard. I knew exactly where they were. I know some people who are happy to throw out their writing – one person who … Continue reading →

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I had an idea, but I’m unsure how to realise it

Posted on June 30, 2012 by

So, I had what I thought was a really great idea. I checked it with some trusted friends who would have pulled faces at me if it were utterly daft, and they agreed that it sounded like a pretty good … Continue reading →

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Exciting News!

Posted on September 7, 2011 by

My short story, ‘The Will to Live’, has been short-listed for the Dark Fiction Magazine Epic Flash Fiction Contest. I am most excited about this and really hope to win, but I’ll be thrilled if this is as far as … Continue reading →

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Writing News: The Giant

Posted on July 31, 2011 by

After really helpful and insightful comments from the awesome Steve Cooper, N K Kingston, Paul Stephenson, and Derek Muir, who carefully read through all 25,000 words, I have now performed the final, pre-submission edits on my novella, The Giant. Credit … Continue reading →

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The Giant, redrafted

Posted on April 14, 2011 by

After reading through the whole thing again I have tightened the earlier chapters and was able to identify the point at which the Suck started. Surprisingly, it was only a couple of pages from the end, which was good. I … Continue reading →

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