May 2011
2 posts
Matt Kinnison →
Matt died three years ago today. It seems a long time and no time at all. I have a glass of bubbly wine and I am toasting Matt and all who miss him. His friend Andie posted this track on her facebook…
Want to know my favourite short stories? →
Well, you could always head over to Dan Powell’s blog and read his interview with me. My Life in Short Fiction.
January 2011
4 posts
Notes To Keep a Life Going at Metazen →
My story “Notes To Keep a Life Going” has been published at Metazen. The story originates from the weekly Flash Factory challenge at Zoetrope where the remit was to write a story using list form….
Notes To Keep a Life Going at Metazen →
My story “Notes To Keep a Life Going” has been published at Metazen. The story originates from the weekly Flash Factory challenge at Zoetrope where the remit was to write a story using list form….
Emma Forrest - "Your Voice in my Head" review →
Wow, Emma Forrest is just so fascinating. Truly. Mesmerising. Heartbreakyachey. Gorgeously sexy. I was greedy for this book, guzzling down her terrible sadness like it was some kind of…
Emma Forrest - "Your Voice in my Head" review →
Wow, Emma Forrest is just so fascinating. Truly. Mesmerising. Heartbreakyachey. Gorgeously sexy. I was greedy for this book, guzzling down her terrible sadness like it was some kind of…
December 2010
5 posts
Salted 2010 - more random than ever. →
I do this annual best of the year with salt thing. Well I did. It’s a random collection of good things from the year and I think I’ve written one the last five years maybe. This blog is my…
Salted 2010 - more random than ever. →
I do this annual best of the year with salt thing. Well I did. It’s a random collection of good things from the year and I think I’ve written one the last five years maybe. This blog is my…
Three things. →
1) Vanessa Gebbie has signed a deal with Bloomsbury for her novel “The Coward’s Tale” to be published in hardback in November 2011 and paperback 2012. This is simply wonderful news. Vanessa is a…
Wee bit of nice news: →
My story “Yeah, yeah it takes two” made the top 10 in The Glass Woman Prize.
(Please be kind and ignore my typo on the 3:AM page if you do click through!)
Wee bit of nice news: →
My story “Yeah, yeah it takes two” made the top 10 in The Glass Woman Prize.
(Please be kind and ignore my typo on the 3:AM page if you do click through!)
November 2010
4 posts
Polly Samson "Perfect Lives" review →
As I sometimes write brief book reviews for WBQ magazine, or squish thoughts onto bookseller recommends cards, I thought that perhaps I’d occasionally post some reviews under 100 words here &…
Polly Samson "Perfect Lives" review →
As I sometimes write brief book reviews for WBQ magazine, or squish thoughts onto bookseller recommends cards, I thought that perhaps I’d occasionally post some reviews under 100 words here &…
Susannah Rickards is super smart! →
I’m lucky to be part of a very small writing group which includes Susannah Rickards. Seriously, she is an outstanding writer and offers the best, the absolute best, critiques of others fiction…
Susannah Rickards is super smart! →
I’m lucky to be part of a very small writing group which includes Susannah Rickards. Seriously, she is an outstanding writer and offers the best, the absolute best, critiques of others fiction…
April 2010
4 posts
Words and pictures →
I think that the coolest thing about reading at Sparks is the privilege of seeing how someone has visually interpreted your story. I feel very lucky that my story ended up with Nikki Acott of…
Words and pictures →
I think that coolest thing about reading at Sparks is the privilege of seeing how someone has visually interpreted your story. I feel very lucky that my story ended up with Nikki Acott of…
Linktastic stuff! →
I keep forgetting to mention that I am in The Best of Every Day Fiction 2 - an anthology from those EDF peeps. It’s available in hardback or softback. Thanks to EDF for including my wee story…
Linktastic stuff! →
I keep forgetting to mention that I am in The Best of Every Day Fiction 2 - an anthology from those EDF peeps. It’s available in hardback or softback. Thanks to EDF for including my wee story…
March 2010
2 posts
Ye Olde Bookshoppe bits... →
If you say “Where are your guide books?” with a Scotch accent it really does sound like “Where are your gay books?” And if you ask this question in Brighton, which is known as the gay capital of the…
Ye Olde Bookshoppe bits... →
If you say “Where are your guide books?” with a Scotch accent it really does sound like “Where are your gay books?” And if you ask this question in Brighton, which is known as the gay capital of the…
February 2010
4 posts
Talking to myself →
Sara, could you please stop going on about Ted Hughes letters? It’s getting boring. Hmm, well, I would, but… But what? There’s this poetry book called “The Scattering”… Right. And? When I…
Talking to myself →
Sara, could you please stop going on about Ted Hughes letters? It’s getting boring. Hmm, well, I would, but… But what? There’s this poetry book called “The Scattering”… Right. And? When I…
Making things up →
I haven’t been doing much bloggy stuff lately, but that’s because I’ve been busily making things up and it’s been taking up my computer time. Yay, it’s like I had forgotten what fiction could be….
Making things up →
I haven’t been doing much bloggy stuff lately, but that’s because I’ve been busily making things up and it’s been taking up my computer time. Yay, it’s like I had forgotten what fiction could be….
January 2010
6 posts
Letters of Ted Hughes selected and edited by... →
I have a cold. Poor me. It is just a cold so I am able to struggle on. It’s been a busy week, uncommonly sociable actually, which has made me realise how unsociable I…
Letters of Ted Hughes selected and edited by... →
I have a cold. Poor me. It is just a cold so I am able to struggle on. It’s been a busy week, uncommonly sociable actually, which has made me realise how unsociable I…
Swans →
Five bits of blether →
"Short Circuit - A Guide to the Art of the Short... →
"Short Circuit - A Guide to the Art of the Short... →
October 2009
2 posts
Dear writers, wanna see Sparks fly? →
How Some People Like Their Eggs by Sean Lovelace... →
September 2009
7 posts
If Janice Galloway had read my story... →
Nuala Ní Chonchúir HERE at A Salted for her Nude... →
"His Voice" at Foundling Review →
Roxane Gay rocks at The Rumpus →
Sadness →
Time →
August 2009
3 posts
Tired, bitchy, drunk...race, women, writers... →
Bobbins, short stories (and Janice Galloway) →
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout →
Churlishness →
July 2009
7 posts
Did I fuck up the tense? →
This sucks... →
Why I'm culling my RSS feed but adding... →
Anti-plagiarism day →
Why you can take your "You must write every day"... →
A just for fun no prize at all (just a warm, smug... →
Reviews galore (including "Punk Fiction", "What... →