Today – November 26th – is Black Friday, which is when we are all supposed to spend, spend, spend. This is the beginning of my story ‘Risk Factor’, which uses the…

A nice start to November, to hear that I had been long listed for the Grindstone Short Story Prize. The prize has a global reach, and its brief is ‘for…

I am very pleased to have received an acceptance for a short story from ‘Dream Catcher’ literary magazine. My story, ‘Girl before a Mirror, I, II and III’ will appear…

The Bridport Prize has always been held in high regard by short story writers. It has been around for a long time, now, and although, more recently, there are bigger…

As I said in my last item, I was returning to my more familiar prose writing territory, after my ‘foray’ into poetry, and my somewhat surprising acceptance of that poem,…

‘I don’t write poetry.’ ‘I am not a poet.’ I’ve said these words before, after writing a poem. That was in 2019, when I contributed to the Women of West…

Last week, I was very pleased to see one of my stories on the longlist of the TSS Cambridge short story prize – the competition I was placed third in…

‘Trouble Crossing the Bridge’ was published a year ago today! 2020 was not the best of times to publish a book, but I am still thrilled that it happened, and…

It’s three years, now, since my novella, ‘Esther Bligh’, was launched into the world. I’m not sure if you call this an anniversary or a birthday. ‘Birthday’, I suppose, if…

I am very pleased to have had my first submission acceptance from an American magazine. My story, ‘A Spell for Letting Go’, will be published in the next issue of…