After debating the pro and cons of it, I've decided to get rid of my fiction blog. The reasons for this are fairly straightforward - fir...

Just recieved word from Scott Andrews at Beneath Ceaseless Skies that And Other Such Delights , which appeared in BSC last year, has bee...

The Great(ish) Fiction Experiment continues on apace, with my still as yet unnamed story up to 15,000 words, making it the longest piece of ...

The second week of my attempt to write my way out of my recent bout of writers' block has begun. So far I've managed to stick to the...

On Monday I decided to try and cure my writer's block by employing the relatively straightforward method of writing any old crap that ca...

I've been going through one of my periodic creative droughts of late. They come along every once in a while and cause me no end of tribu...

There are some days, beyond the shadow of a doubt, when you wonder why you bother to write. You have crafted and chosen, played with form an...

The noted American sf author Joanna Russ passed away on 29 April 2011. Influential not only as one of the most pre-eminent writers of scienc...

My short story On The Other Side of the Mirror is currently online at An Electric Tragedy (a new ezine of speculative fiction). The story ...

My other blog, With Many Shades, has had a bit of an update with new listings for Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Absent Willow Review, Hub and Lac...

The British actor Elizabeth Sladen passed away on 19 April. Best known for her role as Sarah Jane Smith in Dr Who , she appeared alongside n...

I've just received word from An Electric Tragedy that they want to use my short story On The Other Side of the Mirror for their June iss...

Just got news from Nathan Shumate at Arcane that he's accepted my short story Beneath the Arch of Knives for an upcoming issue. It...

Breaking something of a dry season, my short story Bride of the Water, is currently online at Megan Arkenberg's splendid e-zine of hist...

Those who know me are probably aware that I am something of a confirmed and committed bibliophile. Reading is, quite simply, one of my favo...