Work in progress: an excerpt…

I thought I'd share something new with you. Below is an extract from "work in progress novel #2" which will one day have a better title, but which is now about 35,000 words along. It's proving a joy to write, when I can make the time, as the characters seem to wait for me to...

Blank sheet of paper time…

Forgive me, internet; it has been a while since my last blog posting. So settle back on your sofas, pour a glass of wine and let me ramble at you for a while. Novel #1 is out in the ether looking for a publisher to adopt it as their own. It's a fascinating process, in...

All the latest news and views!

What news of the novel, you cry? After all that editing (and all those moany blogs about the process), it feels like the novel is very nearly in a finished state. Soon, it'll be time for it to leave home, head off into the world, phone up occasionally for a bit of money to pay...

Editing: dead darlings, flashers in the woods and someone stealing your shoes

So the blog has been a bit quiet for a few months, largely because (a) I was being a productive writer and (b) there was a heatwave. Probably more (b) than (a), but let me believe my own lies at least... In the past few months, I have written a highbrow piece called Sentient Zombie...

Sensible Saturday – A Conference on How to Get Published

Spent the day at the Writers and Artists "How to Get Published" conference learning, um, how to get published. I've boiled it down and boiled it down and finally have something approaching jam. So here are my Ten Commandments of getting published: 1. Thou shalt follow the submission guidelines - just do what they say...