Blog Posts

Sep 28, 2014

I’ve only just resisted the temptation to write a theme for this blog. I’ve looked at the documentation, I’ve downloaded a couple of themes and…

Sep 27, 2014

Nearly every book I’ve read over the past two years has been read on my Kindle. It constantly surprises me that there are people who…

Sep 17, 2014

Some years ago I was standing outside Dobcross Brass Band club, just an hour before midnight. The dark hills rose up to touch the sky…

Sep 6, 2014

My short story, Double Blind, appears in the anthology Solaris Rising 3, edited by Ian Whates. The story is set in the same world as…

Aug 27, 2014

The most boring talk I attended at Loncon3 was the one about Tax for Writers. It was also the most useful. HMRC were there to…

Aug 5, 2014

My short story The Region of Jennifer appears as StarShipSofa Podcast no. 347.

Jul 19, 2014

Threshold: Analog October 2014

Jul 17, 2014

I’ll be attending Loncon 3, and I hope you are too. ** Final Update 7th August ** Kaffeeklatsch Saturday 13:00 – 14:00, London Suite 5…

Jul 12, 2014

“This House Believes that the European Union should not have been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.” I was delighted to be invited to the Portico…

Jul 7, 2014

I learned the craft of writing through short stories. When beginner writers ask me for advice, I always recommend they try the same. There are…

Jun 18, 2014

My short story The Blue Magnolia appears as part of Far Fetched Fables No 9

May 19, 2014