Feb 04 2012
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China

China

For a while now I’ve been threatening to make a trip to southern China, specifically Hong Kong and Guangzhou. Well, earlier this week I finally got around to booking my flights and hotel. I’ve calmed down a bit now, but I was really rather giddy a few days ago!

I’ll be flying out to Hong Kong during the third week in March and using the island as a base for a brief three-day visit where I’m hoping to see a little of Hong Kong and Kowloon as well as making a trip further inland to the city of Guangzhou. I’m hoping to blog on a daily basis whilst I’m out there and I’ll be uploading plenty of photos (hotel WiFi allowing). So watch this space!

In the last few days I’ve been asked by several people whether this trip is research for my writing, in particular the novel I’ve been writing.

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Dec 23 2011
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My Writing

‘Doctor’s Surgery’ Now Available at Structo Magazine

To round off the year I have a piece of fiction called ‘Doctor’s Surgery’ about to be published in Structo magazine issue #7.

I’ve just received my contributor copies, so it should be available to buy in the next few days from the Structo website or from Rough Trade East in London, The Albion Beatnik in Oxford, good old Cornerhouse in Manchester, the Gallery in Milton Keynes or Shakespeare & Co. in Paris. Or how about a subscription? Structo is a gorgeous magazine chock full of nifty fiction with an interesting newspaper format. A literary and visual treat all rolled into one.

‘Doctor’s Surgery’ is a rather experimental piece. Pure dialogue. No tags. Let me know what you think if you get the chance to have a read. Merry Christmas everyone!

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Dec 12 2011
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My Writing

‘Quarter Cherry Lips’ Now Available Online at Litro Magazine

Today I have a spot of toothache.

This may have been caused by some overzealous crunching on a bag of sour apple cubes I bought on Saturday from my local sweetshop.

This is perhaps rather ironic given that my story ‘Quarter Cherry Lips’ is now available over at the Litro Magazine website as part of their ‘Food’ issue. So if you like your sweetshops with a hint of the sinister just grab some pennies and your stab vest and head on over there.

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Dec 01 2011
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My Writing

cutaway

Today I get to help pull the lever on a project I’ve been working on for the last few months with writing buddy Dave Schofield. This project is a new literary magazine called cutaway.

We will be open to submissions from the 1st January 2012 through to 1st March 2012 and the magazine will be published in May or June 2012. We will blog regular updates via the cutaway website and you can also find us on Facebook and Twitter.

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Nov 25 2011
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Geeky Stuff

SWTOR beta

So here we are. After all the months of waiting Star Wars: The Old Republic is very nearly upon us.

For anyone who pre-ordered–and yes, that’s me–then this weekend is open beta, meaning that we finally get to take this baby for a spin. Once this weekend is out of the way then the final release date is a little less than a month away: 20th December over in the US, 22nd December here in Europe.

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