I’m very excited to say I’ve just interviewed the American novelist and short story writer Diane Cook for the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice.
Continue readingCarmen Maria Machado interview
As part of my role as Associate Editor of the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, I interviewed American short story writer Carmen Maria Machado recently.
Continue readingStory published
Very happy to say my story ‘Birthday’ has now been published by Fictive Dream.
Continue readingNew story being published
Delighted to announce that Fictive Dream has accepted a new short story of mine and will publish it in late September.
Continue readingNew services being offered
As well as writing, I’m now opening up to provide appraisal and mentoring services for fiction writers who might need it.
Continue readingBest British Short Stories 2021
I’m delighted to announce that my short story ‘Leather’ has been selected for Best British Short Stories 2021.
Continue readingRevisiting rejection
I have returned to the subject of rejection for The Literary Consultancy’s blog this month – thinking about how as writers we can start to try and see this in a more positive light.
Continue readingNo win – but it’s all good
I previously mentioned on here that my short story ‘Maybe the Birds’ was shortlisted in the inaugural Short Fiction International Short Story Prize Wild Writing Prize – unfortunately I didn’t win but it’s all good. I’m really happy my work was shortlisted and that my story appeared to resonate with the competition readers, so thank you Short Fiction. It was lovely for my work to be recognised in this way, especially after years of struggling to write new stories.
Continue readingWhat doesn’t kill you
I just realised I completely forgot to mention on here that I had an essay published in a book called What Doesn’t Kill You: Fifteen Stories of Survival, from Unbound. The book features a range of essays from the likes of Rory Bremner, Julian Baggini, Cathy Rentzenbrink and many others about issues ranging from depression and eating disorders to alcholism and OCD.
Continue readingA shortlisting
I’m delighted that a new story of mine has been shortlisted for Short Fiction’s Wild Writing Prize. I’ve struggled for years to write stories I was happy with but this one felt like it had potential, and so I’m really happy it’s been recognised in this way in the competition.
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