2 Comments · Posted on November 30, 2009
I might turn this Christmas gift ideas into a bit of a series yet. Crap MPs is, as The Book Depository says, ‘a countdown of the 40 worst Members of Parliament in British political history’ and I don’t think I could really better that description. It’s fun, wry and informative and would be the perfect […]
4 Comments · Posted on November 28, 2009
The lovely Michelle interviewed me, a little while ago, for her series on writers who’ve given up their day jobs. To see what I had to say for myself click here.
10 Comments · Posted on November 28, 2009
Well, it’s December next week, and that makes me happy. And no, it has absolutely nothing to do with christmas or anything like that (though I’ll admit that I’m looking forward to christmas day because Doctor Who’s on). It makes me happy because it means that this year’s almost over. On a personal level a […]
7 Comments · Posted on November 26, 2009
I wasn’t going to blog today because I didn’t really have anything to say – I’ve been editing, I’ve been writing and that’s about it. But I wanted to share this with you. Isn’t it good? Especially Animal’s bit. *** I received my copy of Crap MPs earlier (I won it on the brilliant Caroline’s […]
7 Comments · Posted on November 24, 2009
It’s a great pleasure to welcome the founder of the brilliant Roast Books, Faye Dayan, to the blog today because I really love what she’s doing. So here she is, talking about her publishing company, short fiction, the sea-side and the ingredients of good stories. Welcome to the blog Faye, it’s a real pleasure to […]
Leave a Comment · Posted on November 23, 2009
Something a little different on the blog today. I’ve been listening to The Indelicates rather a lot of late (check them out folks, they’re worth it)so it’s with a huge amount of pleasure that I’m able to welcome half oftheir writing team, Julia, to the blog. Julia has, with Simon (the otherhalf of the song […]
9 Comments · Posted on November 22, 2009
Here’s what you do: Write a story where the first letters of each word are in alphabetical order. Here’s mine. All because Christopher didn’t expect five girls here in June Kevin lost. My natural opinion’s pretty quiet really. So the unlikely victor was x-rated yet zesty. Care to have a go and share yours? Just […]
6 Comments · Posted on November 19, 2009
Best first: HUGE congratulations to Teresan Stenson, who’s been keeping some pretty special news to herself for a little while. The Bridport’s a pretty big deal; pop across, say well done. Brilliant. I am very happy for her. We’re in the same issue of Tomlit Quarterly – her story in that’s ace. And now the […]