This is pretty shameful to admit considering I live in the UK, but until recently I’d never been to France. I know! I’d always planned to go, but somehow it never quite happened. Possibly because it was a tiny bit Read more
There are a lot of advantages to attending the Dreamspinner Writers Workshop in Orlando, from panels to meetings, insights into the publishing side of things and networking. There was also a pond with gators in it at, but that just Read more
To start with, a quick update on my contemporary, non-murdering WIP? I have a little scoresheet on the corkboard in my office, and it’s now been 30 days since I murdered a fictional person. Only five since a misdemeanour, but Read more
Can we blame 2016 for the Northern Ireland Assembly being on the verge of falling apart? I know it happened in 2017, but the groundwork was laid in 2016…and, you know, a lot of history. Anyhow, I’m not willing to Read more
2016 has been a bugbear of a year. If it wasn’t kicking us all in the political sweetmeats, it was winnowing out the ranks of cultural icons. Worst of all, it still has a couple of weeks to go before Read more
It seems…disingenuous…to post this article, which was written at the start of the week when I thought things were going to go differently, without saying anything about the US election results. However, I’m not from the USA, and I’m not Read more