I’ve recently had my flash fiction story Echo Beach published over on Flash Fiction Magazine. Here’s some tricks to apply to flash fiction writing, based on years of writing for government.
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Quay Voices, available now
I’ve a short story, Crossroads, in the first volume of Quay Voices. It’s available now from Impress Books. It also includes writing by Ray Antrobus, Patrick Gale and Monique Roffey as well a heap of other new writers.
Writer for hire: Autumn 2019
We went to see Little Women at the very end of December 2019. I absolutely delighted in the scenes of Jo March, writer for hire, negotiating with her editor. I really enjoyed this adaptation, which …
Writing retreats – building your own
Here’s my DIY to create a writing retreat that reinvigorates your creativity.
Exe-Lit festival’s second year delivers
Exe-Lit festival’s second year showed how a small city can deliver creativity, as has Exeter’s recognition as a UNESCO city of literature
The only essential writing tools I always have with me
I can happily procrastinate with stationery for *weeks*. Here’s the essential tools my decades of research have settled on.
There and back again: how solo travel can clear the mind
One of my ambitions for going freelance is regaining my creativity. I’m trying to get a balance between fiction, non-fiction and adviser work. To do that, I needed to rebalance my thinking so I booked …
Writing for hire over the summer
I know what I did this summer. Here’s the list of the writing for hire I got published, with insight into why I pitched them.
My writing – April and May 2019
Round-up of published writing for April and May 2019, covering commissioned work and guest blogging.
Opening up the shop
I’m an independent communications adviser and freelance writer, and I’m looking to take on new work from June 2019. That seems like a quick and simple statement, but it’s been a while in the making. …