Category: Publishing

On-line interview!

I was recently interviewed by Adrian Lopez for his YouTube channel Between Authors Podcast. You can find the interview HERE.

A submission window closes – and some latest posts

This is a gentle reminder that the submission window for New Contexts: 6 closes at the end of tomorrow. You can find details HERE. A big 'thank you' to all those who have already submitted. Shortlisting will begin next week. ~ For those of you who may have missed them, here are recent posts on my Substack site.

Putting pen to paper – w/c 16th October

Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - host Derby Stanza; YES attend Lincoln Creative Writers' meeting. YES Writing projects - start drafting a new short story; YES continue working on Bound; YES work on Character profiles and timelines for the possible futuristic novel; NO recording … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 16th October →

Putting pen to paper – w/c 9th October

Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - attend North Yorkshire Stanza; YES attend SoA workshop on 'Twitter for Writers'. YES Writing projects - start drafting a new short story; NO continue drafting the new poetic monologue (working title Bound); YES recording seven more sonnets for … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 9th October →

Faber: sharp practice or incompetence?

As a Faber Member I received an unsolicited email offering me 25% off a range of Short Story titles. I decided to take them up on their offer. At the checkout however, the discount code in the email failed to work. I decided to buy the books and sort the discount out afterwards. When I … Continue reading Faber: sharp practice or incompetence? →

Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October

Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - a meeting with the Hammond House organisation, hopefully to arrange a performance of Crash early in the new year - YES (though nothing fixed as yet) hosting Contextual: 20 poetry reading event on Thursday (via Zoom) - YES … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 2nd October →

Putting pen to paper – w/c 25th September

Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - a Society of Authors' workshop on writing audio drama (via Zoom) - YES attending a book launch event (via Zoom) - YES attending a reading by Red Door Poets (via Zoom) - YES (this evening). Writing projects - … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 25th September →

Putting pen to paper – w/c 18th September

Time to look back / forward. How did I get on last week? Meetings and Events - A 'Cafe Writers' book launch and open mic - YES September's Derby 'Stanza' meeting - YES attending a local poetry group - YES, but the 'group' proved to be just me and the organiser! being interviewed for a … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 18th September →

Putting pen to paper – w/c 11th September

So, here we go. 'Back in the saddle' as they say. Rather than revert to an entry a day ("been there, done that") I thought I might try and keep myself honest by previewing the week ahead - and then in seven days' time looking back to see how I got on. It's all about … Continue reading Putting pen to paper – w/c 11th September →

Getting my act together…

Following on from my recent rumination about time and what to do with it ("Today's the day"), over the last few days I have turned my attention to kick-starting some new Coverstory books publishing initiatives. The first of these is a new short story collection following on from the 2022 volume Making Marks in the … Continue reading Getting my act together… →