I love short stories. I always have, so I don’t understand why collections are deemed not to sell well. I buy them. Short stories are glimpses into worlds. They allow a sip of the extraordinary. They indulge suggestions of weirdness, surreal, supernatural in a way that might seem absurd in a novel. I grew up on Radio 4, which fed me a steady diet of … Continue reading Reading Short Stories
If you follow me on Twitter, you might have seen me use a special hashtag. #AmWriting. I used to use it all the time. Every day. Then I had another baby. Now it’s a miracle if I get to write. Well, miracles do happen and I have been writing. I’m back on the short stories. I have one and a half at the moment in … Continue reading Getting Back To It
Episode 74 of No Extra Words was first broadcast on Friday 3rd February 2017. Listen to it HERE If you just want to see my writing space click HERE Continue reading My Writing Space on No Extra Words
You can listen to my short story, Storm, on the No Extra Words podcast by clicking here. Storm was first published exactly a year ago on 16th November 2015 on the Friday Phrases website to accompany an interview and can be read here. Continue reading Storm on No Extra Words podcast
My short story, Eyes, has just been published in Firefly Magazine. You can read it by clicking on the link or by choosing the page in my list of short stories to the right. Continue reading Eyes in Firefly Magazine
When I got pregnant for the first time, I had been a serious, obsessed writer for about seven years. I was able to foresee that the kind of three-hour writing session I was used to committing after work would be curtailed by the presence of a little person. I hadn’t realised that he would interfere with my writing while he was still in my body. … Continue reading My coffee’s decaf but I’m still a real writer
I made that up so I could discuss having ‘it’ and losing ‘it’. They always tell you to define your terms first but, that’s the thing with ‘it’, I’m not really sure what ‘it’ is. ‘It’ is the ability to write. ‘It’ is ethereal, wispy, indefinable. ‘It’ is what draws you in as a reader. ‘It’ intrigues and entrances so that the reader cannot think … Continue reading Old Writers Never Die, They Just Revert To Type
My brain is still geared to academic years. Today, then, is the start of something for me. It is time to line up all my stationery and turn to a blank page. As the world around me begins to die, I hatch new plans and look forward to the beginning of the rest of the year. There is something about the cooler weather – if … Continue reading Happy New Year!
Gravel Magazine has just launched its September issue, in which I have two pieces of flash fiction: Gravel Magazine Continue reading Flash Fiction: Just Milk; Unfounded Allegations
It’s been a pretty good week here in Mitchell-Jackson towers, with lots of my short stories being accepted for publication. Here is a little over-view, but I will be reminding you of each one closer to each date of publication. Just Milk and Unfounded Allegations will be appearing in Gravel Magazine. Skipping School is going to be included in the Framing Fridays eBook. Storm will be read by the amazing … Continue reading Forthcoming Stories
