May 2016
Two competitions writing for children this month, both for Writing Magazine: a story called 'Over the Moon'; a Christmas poem called...
April 2016
I submitted a couple of humorous poems to Spilling Cocoa over Martin Amis, a brand new website run by Jonathan Pinnock. Both were...
March 2016
From 23rd - 27th March my short story collection, Peace and Disquiet will be free to download. 'the work of an accomplished writer, one...
February 2016
February was a quiet month. I wrote a 50-word piece for the Derby Book Festival on the theme of Secrets. It was entitled 'In Deep'....
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January 2016
I am still waiting for a couple of competition results from 2015, but in the meantime, I have submitted two entries - Boat Child and...
December 2015
At the beginning of the month, I hosted Tea and Tales at the local village library. It was a light-hearted talk and included readings of...
November 2015
From 12 - 25th November, I shall be a Featured Author on Goodreads. From the 12th November, anyone is welcome to post interview...
October 2015
In October, I was featured in an interview with blogger, Ellie Firestone. You can read the interview on Ellie's blog here. I attended the...
September 2105
In September I received an email to say that a piece of flash fiction entitled Bluebell Wood would be included in The Best of CafeLit 4....
