… is now published. I’m not 100% sure what it’s about, but I think it has something to do with competitive relationships, trust, emasculation and The Games People Play. But maybe not. In other news, Mrs Darcy now has her own page on the Salt website. And that is one deeply scary picture of the […]
I had to go out for a couple of hours this afternoon and came back to find that Facebook had gone a bit ape with its notifications. It turned out that the reason for this was I’d been tagged in an announcement by Salt’s Chris Hamilton-Emery to the effect that WHSmith Travel had selected Mrs […]
Sorry, blog. It’s just… well, I’m not sure, really. Let me try to explain. Weird business, being a writer. Weirder still, being a writer-who’s-about-to-have-two-books-published. Part of me is desperate to get the books out there so that I can point to them and say, “Look! I’m a proper writer now!” and part of me is […]
It’s possible that regular readers of this blog may have gained the impression that the course of my writing life runs like a smooth, well-oiled machine, untroubled by such petty problems as rejection, frustration or failure. However, nothing could be further from the truth: I get rejections and failures all the time. There are some […]
Wickhampedia continues on its merry way through the hinterland of Mrs Darcy versus the Aliens, and today we reach the only musical ever based on one of Jane Austen’s works. Who knew? I think it’s fair to say that Dave Weaver has excelled himself with the artwork for this one. Quite remarkable. Especially considering that […]
Well, today started nicely with an acceptance from Every Day Poets for my parody “Now We Are (Practising Safe) Sex”. A.A.Milne’s corpse should probably get ready to spin now. In other news, I received my signed copy of Nicola Morgan‘s “Write to be Published” today and it looks terrific. Especially page 246. Page 246 is […]
After the Scott Prize results were announced, I thought it might be nice to get in touch with a few people who encouraged me along the way. Pretty much the first stop on the journey was the University of Hertfordshire, because winning third prize in their creative writing award in 2007 was THE critical event […]
… is of course not being talked about. So it was really nice to see my story “Teamwork” being singled out for praise in SFCrowsNest’s review of Murky Depths 16. Many thanks to Gareth D Hunt for the kind words. It was also nice to see Scott Pack dipping into “The Archangel and the White […]
Some time ago, my good mate Oscar Windsor-Smith tagged me with this, for which I feel deeply honoured. He also gave strict instructions that I should reveal seven hitherto unsuspected things about myself and then tag a further seven hapless victims myself. I was just about to respond to this when I saw what Claire King […]