Starting on the bucket list
Time to ‘fess up. Next year I turn 50. I think that makes me officially a ‘woman of a certain age’, doesn’t it? This looming milestone caused me a fair bit of panic, as I realised there were some...
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I read a couple of good books recently. Immersion, the novella by Lee Thompson, is well-written and shows Leroy’s spiral into madness after strangers set up camp near his town. Things get pretty dark,...
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The Unfading Heiress, by Walter Dinjos - a review
The blurb:In a land where death transcends time and space, a Ghostly War is being raged against the living. Late King Eldorman has the power to end this war, but he wants justice for his beautiful...
View ArticleA Futuristic Flash on The Tip Of My Tongue
I recently extended my futuristic flash story, The Tip Of My Tongue, and it has been published in The Flash Future Review today.This was a fun story to write. It was inspired by a childhood accident....
View ArticleExtended Review of Dot Dash
Synaesthesia Magazine wanted book reviews for their first issue (in addition to fiction and poetry), so I thought they might like to reprint my review of Jonathan Pinnock’s Dot Dash. Well, it was my...
View ArticleRecommended Reads and Some Good Feedback
I’ve read several short story collections this month. They were all good, but here are the two best ones I read during January. Firstly, Sweet Home by Carys Bray (published by Salt Publishing). This...
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Great Review of Escape Velocity
My gloomy Monday brightened considerably when I read Karl Drinkwater’s great review of Escape Velocity: The Anthology. My futuristic tale Caveat Emptor! was among the stories he enjoyed the most. Yay!...
View ArticleUps and Downs
I’ve had a few ups and downs lately – and not just in my writing. One of the writing ‘ups’ was reading Karl Drinkwater’s great review of M is for Monster. My K story appeared in his list of favourites....
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Wheeee! I did it!
I did my first tandem skydive at the weekend. A couple of solo parachute jumps from 2,000 feet back in the 1980s gave me the urge to try freefall but I never got round to it until now. And my son...
View ArticleI'm Back!
I can't believe this is the first blog post I've written since May! What an amazing year this has been. I've not only turned 50, lost over two stone and thrown myself out of a plane, but I've also...
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