The King And I

Posted on Oct 24, 2011 in Latest, Short Stories

I’m dead proud that my short story Kayleigh was on the same bill as a new short story by Stephen King. The two tales were be read alongside four other new shorts at the Liars’ League event entitled Fear & Loathing on Tuesday 11th October. I voraciously worked my way through Stephen King’s books as a teenager, and can […]

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Liars And Lovers

Posted on Apr 13, 2011 in Books, Latest, Short Stories

My short story One, Two, Three – Go! kicked off the ‘fun and games’ themed Liars’ League event this month. It was also the League’s fourth birthday – a perfect excuse for hats and party poppers. It was a joy (read: relief) to be able to hand the performance side of things to someone much more qualified […]

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Arvon/Jerwood’s Got Talent

Posted on Mar 17, 2011 in Books, Latest

I am thrilled to be one of nine writers selected for a coveted place on the 2011 Jerwood/Arvon mentoring scheme. I’ll be working on my second novel over the next twelve months with the invaluable counsel of Maria McCann, author of As Meat Loves Salt and The Wilding. We have all, mentors and mentees, just returned from […]

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Stand Is Delivered

Posted on Feb 22, 2011 in Books, Latest

Look what just came in the post. Volume 10 (1) of Stand is out and inside there’s an excerpt from Red Ink. As well as more from my novel’s heroine, Melon, there’s some oustanding fiction from Erika T. Wurth, John Michael Cummings and Paul Goodman, and some rather lovely poetry by C.K. Stead, amongst others. Plus, the striking cover would look gorgeous […]

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Consequences

Posted on Nov 26, 2010 in Latest, Short Stories

To celebrate National Short Story Week I joined forces with a stellar cast of short story writers to play the parlour game Consequences with a literary twist. Each writer was asked to write 100-150 words of a short story and then pass it on to the next writer to add their words. Great fun and thrilling to read […]

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