September 2017
All writers experience that dry period where they feel they have nothing left to say (Oh... just me?), so it's great to have a little...
February 2017
I am a member of The Poetry Society and get regular copies of The Poetry Review, which are jam-packed with fabulous poetry, interviews...
May 2016
Two competitions writing for children this month, both for Writing Magazine: a story called 'Over the Moon'; a Christmas poem called...
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'....
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...
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....
March 2015
Over the years I have written hundreds of poems, both serious and funny. My serious poems have occasionally had an outing when I have...
February 2015
February saw two submissions: I wrote a story entitled 'Joie de Vivre' especially for this year's Writers' and Artists' Short Story...
