June 2016
This month, the second of my (true) funny poems was published on Spilling Cocoa Over Martin Amis. This one is called Tackling the...
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...
