Watch out for falling rocks!

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

Writing what you (sorta) know

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

Reality Mining

When you’re mining real life stories for inspiration, where is the line?

Still Faking It

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It is a month -1 day until my novel Dog Days is published by Dreamspinner (you can pre-order now if you want!), and basically my brain is just a whirlpool of excitement and nerves. What if no one likes it? What if Read more

All the ways to write

Back when I was a jobbing voluntary arts admin, I used to bemoan the lack of paraphernalia for novelists. You know, the visual artists would be there applying for studio space and promising a gallery show at the end of Read more

Sending a Story to ‘The Farm’

Sometimes, no matter how much you want it, a story just doesn’t work