Last month I had some very welcome news in what has been a weird and unsettled time: a short story I wrote was shortlisted for an award! I started writing my short story “Metronomy” during the 2018 Daylesford Freefall Writing Workshop, and last month I found out it had been shortlisted for the 2020 Apollo
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Earlier today Birdcatcher Books announced that they will be closing their operations. Birdcatcher Books were a small publisher run by Lynn Fowler and who held regular writing competitions and published works in several anthologies. Birdcatcher Books gave me my first opportunity to be published in print and I will be forever grateful to them. My
New Article Published by Lonely Planet
Still pinching myself! This morning I heard from an editor at Lonely Planet who let me know that an article I had successfully pitched and then submitted to them is now published online. During my trip to New York this year I visited, researched and wrote about all of the places in Manhattan related to
Freelance Writing Spreadsheet
After a very busy period in my day job (involving not one but two overseas trips!) I’ve recently returned to the world of freelance writing in my spare time. And, as this is one of the first times I’ve had multiple writing projects on the go at once, I’ve just created my own tracking spreadsheet.
My First Reading
For over a year now (maybe two?) I’ve been going to a weekly writing group. Each Tuesday we meet at a pub, catch up on what’s happened in the past week, then sit in silence for an hour and just write. Some of us use laptops, some use tablets, and occasionally one of us is
Danke Schoen
This is a very quick post to thank three people who have helped to get my website back online! It’s probably a sign that your day-to-day responsibilities are taking over your creative pursuits when your writing website sits offline for several weeks… and you don’t even notice. Thank you to those who sent me messages
2018 in Review and 2019 Writing Goals
Most writers I follow online have already done their stocktake of 2018 and set goals for 2019, so I thought I’d have a crack at that here on my website. In summary, 2018 was a very good year for me. Book sales of Watching Cartoons with Boys still ticked over and gave me a passive
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
If you enjoy creative writing and use the internet a lot, you probably already know about NaNoWriMo. NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) is an annual writing challenge where you can commit to finishing a 50,000 word draft of a novel by the end of November. It’s been running since 1999 (I think I first heard
Award: Freefall Writing Scholarship
I am beyond excited to announce that I’ve been awarded the inaugural Freefall Writing Freedom to Write Scholarship. The Scholarship supports fledgling writers by providing access to a week-long immersive and generative writing workshop, and in early October I’ll be attending the Daylesford Writing Retreat to start a new project and learn more about Freefall
New Article Published by Writers Bloc
I’ve got a new piece published online by Writers Bloc this week, part of their ‘Building Blocs’ series that gives advice and info to emerging writers. The piece is called “How To Support Your Writer Friend” (alternate title: “So Your Friend Has Decided to Ruin Their Life” ?) and is basically about all the awesome