The WorldCon 2024 programme has been finalised and I can share my schedule! Considering this is the biggest Science Fiction Conference in the world and there are authors participating from EVERYWHERE, it’s truly an honour to be involved. I’ll be appearing on the following hybrid panels – so you can attend in person or online!…
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What is a commonplace book?
What is a commonplace book? A commonplace book is a place to record, keep, and organise all the things you love from everything and everywhere you go. This could include quotes, stories, ideas, recipes, menus, sketches, doodles, diagrams… In fact, anything that inspires you. It’s a place for knowledge-making, and can help you to process,…
How to get a literary agent: Ed Wilson Q&A
Wondering how to seek representation for your book? Find out what literary agent Ed Wilson had to say about submissions and how likely writers are to be taken on.
How to plan a novel in Microsoft Excel
Trying to write a novel but don’t know where to start? Want to plan your novel in a format that’s accessible and affordable but lack the specialist writing software, like Scrivener or FocusWriter? There’s a way of planning your novel and keeping your notes together that can be tailored to you, and it’s probably already…
Granite Noir 2024: Unsettling, Unnerving, Sublime
This week, I’m winging my way to Aberdeen to take part in a panel at Granite Noir 2024. Exploring the ‘Unsettling, Unnerving, [and] Sublime’, we’ll be talking bodies, weirdness, and the dark, twisty things at the heart of creepy storytelling. Here’s the event description: Three writers whose books leave you with that brilliant creeped out…
When writing life gets ‘squished’
Finding it difficult to find time or space to write? You’re not the only one.
Current WIP – Faeries & Goblins
As scheduled as ever, a week or two after finishing the final draft of my third novel in August 2023, I began my next project. My baby daughter! The last few months have been a whirlwind of giggles, milk, sibling politics, and baby poop. But I also spent December yearning for the next story; drawing…
The Real Mothtown
At the MOTHTOWN book launch, I was asked whether there was a real place that inspired the story. Is Mothtown real? And if so, where is it? Well, dear Reader. Be prepared for a tale of daring. Adventure. And stupidity. Close your eyes and imagine Midwinter’s Day. You might be cosying around a fire. Drinking…
How did I get here?
I’ve seen lots of writers, poets, librettists, and authors in the writing community share their ‘Writing Journey’, so here’s mine! At least what I remember of it. It’s been a bit of a whirlwind, for sure. And it’s only when I see it all in a list that I realise how far I’ve come, and…
JOURNAL #26 – The next thing
Here I am again. At the beginning of a new story. Not just a new book to write, but a new fictional world to inhabit for a year or two. And I can’t decide. I’ve long wanted to do something with the sea. For years, I’ve drifted back to tales of selkies, mermaids, abandoned lighthouses….
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