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Love, Dad - Coming Soon from Fremantle Press!
For me, the three reasons why I typically take years to write a novel and yet somehow wrote a complete memoir in a fortnight in 2021, are clear.
Walking Together, We can Climb a Thousand Mountains
One of the strange things about being a writer is that you can have an incredibly busy, full year without the apparent trappings of that productivity.
Authory: A New Portfolio Tool for Authors and Journalists
Authory is an online portfolio tool for writers and readers that automatically updates and streamlines articles from source publications.
Short Stories for the Win
In such strange times, it’s easy to lose track of all kinds of things. So I was surprised (but heartened) to find two recent successes with short story submissions from my second book.
Killing it for 10 Years!
The five or so people who’ve been following my writing career for at least ten years (hi Simon, Kate, Jean, Ryan and Les!) know that literary journal Kill Your Darlings published my non-fiction at an early stage
Jobs Writers Do When They're Not Writing - Barman
So I worked a little job as a barman. In Scotland. In winter.
The good news is that they played the current music of the time, and you’d be surprised how much ‘Livin’ La Vida Loca’ grows on you after the 58th listen, and how, if you block your ears, Lou Bega's ‘Mambo No. 5' is pretty much ‘Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' but with more trumpet…