A couple of weeks back I posted my review of Blood Skies by Steven Montano. I’m all about letting other authors use my blog to talk about their craft, and given Steven’s a whizz at writing a series, I thought I’d ask him to write about the challenges of writing a series! Over to you, […]
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Best of Friday Flash Vol 2
It’s not long since my last story appeared in an anthology (Anonymous in the Penny Dreadfuls Halloween Special) but now I can announce that I have another story in a collection. This time round, it’s A Girl’s Best Friend, formerly a Friday Flash on my blog, that is now appearing in the Best of Friday […]
#FridayFlash – Forever
It was late in the afternoon in December. We lay on the bonnet of Petey’s car, parked up in a clearing at the edge of the old town woods. We ate cheese sandwiches and drank weak tea, watching stormclouds drift down from the north. They brought snow that day, and we stayed there catching snowflakes […]
NaNoWriMo
I’ll lay it right on the table – I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year. I can’t. That’s not to say I don’t think it’s a good idea – I do. I “won” in 2008 and 2010, writing my novels for Fowlis Westerby and Vertigo City respectively. Sadly I just don’t have the time this year. […]
Happy Halloween
Happy Halloween, one and all! Yes, it’s my favourite day of the year and as a writer of spooky tales, and someone who’s studying spooky films for her thesis, it seemed only right to talk about something spooky today. However, rather than making a list of my favourite ghost stories, or horror films, which would […]
The Next Big Thing
As far as I can tell, I’ve been tagged three times to do the Next Big Thing meme, by Cathy Russell, Richard Bon and Andrew Reid. So I figured I might as well give it a shot… Ten Interview Questions for The Next Big Thing What is the working title of your book? The Necromancer’s […]
