Since I returned from my trip to Hong Kong my mind has been buzzing with ideas for new stories. Here’s some short fiction (or perhaps rather more of a travelogue) I’ve just had published with Female First, an online magazine . . .
Category: Writing
I, Editor
The submissions window for cutaway magazine closed just over a week ago, so a couple nights ago I met up with fellow editor Dave Schofield to finalise the last of our acceptances. It still feels strange to use a word like ‘editor’!
‘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.
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‘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.
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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.
‘Silver Sixpence’ Now Online at DSF
Very quick post because I’ve gone on about this far too much already. My short story ‘Silver Sixpence’ is now available to read online for free at Daily Science Fiction. This story started out at a themed writing evening for a local writing group here in Standish.
Three Weddings and a Funeral
OK, bad news first. As you may have already heard, Murky Depths magazine has decided to shut up shop. My short story ‘Whisperer’ was published in Murky Depths earlier this year in their #17 issue. Quite possibly a number of different reasons for this (economic climate etc.) but I’m going to huff about the lack of interest in the short story format in the UK. Seems the US are much more accepting of the short story format in both the genre and non-genre worlds. Very sad.
But on with the good news . . .
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‘Five-A-Day Friends’ now in print
A few weeks ago I mentioned winning the NAWG David Lodge trophy. My winning story Five-A-Day Friends is now available in the competition anthology The Write Path . . .
The Write Path is available for just £5.99, payable by cheque. Click here for more details.
Why I’m (probably) not joining in with NaNoWriMo (again)
Next month is NaNoWriMo, National Novel Writing Month, and this is why I’m (probably) not joining in.
First of all, what is this NaNoWriMo thing all about?
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‘Five-A-Day Friends’ wins the NAWG David Lodge Trophy 2011
Very pleased to announce that during the NAWG Annual Writing Festival gala dinner last night I was awarded the Professor David Lodge Trophy for my short story Five-A-Day Friends.
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