Sitemap - 2024 - Writing until the light goes out
You think you’re invincible — until someone arrives bearing kryptonite...
When not all your heart's in it...
"New Contexts: 7" - submission opportunity
January 1st is no different to any other day
"The man who bought a pier" - 2
Dismantling the wardrobe with a cucumber
The Fickle World of Competitions
Because writing should say something...
I'll never run another marathon...
He has no redeeming features...
Drawn to the red lights of Notes and Posts...
"Stan, Stan, the Crackpot Man"
The treasure you can bury in notebooks
"It ain't over 'til it's over"
Writing - and the "sour sweet music" of Time
The Piano Player - a short story
A selection of poems from 'not the Sonnets'
Smoking in the Park - a short story
'Once Significant Others' - the opening
An excerpt from my novel 'The Opposite of Remembering'
A selection of poems from 'The Homelessness of a Child'
A selection of poems from 'The Myths of Native Trees'
Park 'n' Ride - a short story & winner of the 2023 Swanwick Writers Summer School Short Story Prize
An Irregular Piece of Sky - a short story
The Waiting Room - a short story
Crash: the last 30 minutes of a life - a poetic monologue
Closing his Account - a short story
The Big Red Button - a short story
'At Maunston Quay' - the opening
On the arrival of buses, the darkness of Autumn, and the shocking of hearts
"Down the passage which we did not take"
You are most definitely not alone...
So, you think you're a Writer...
"Crash - the last 30 minutes of a life"
Remembering how easily you bruise...
'Gimmickry': the Emperor's New Clothes of poetry
Time's tyranny and our inexorable march
On the pricelessness of being nominated
Can writing really make a difference?
Thursday: sudden heart issue...
Abandoning the ghosts of ourselves
poems are sometimes like photographs
Tangled up in all those things I didn't write
When you write what you never write...
The view from Booths’ Café, looking down into the store
Writers: you have to become 'a bit of a tart'
Something other than nervousness
You should give up writing NOW...
When you scratch a writing itch...
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #8
Not all stories start with 'Once upon a time'. Life's not like that.
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #7
"Follow these instructions; success is waiting for you..."
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #6
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #5
"I may have found what I've been looking for..."
You've just got to figure out which ball to hit...
You're a writer? So how are you going to stand out from the crowd?
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #4
Writing? It's not as simple as pulling a lever...
Sometimes you find things that surprise you...
"Come out, come out, wherever you are!"
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #3
Not everything has to go like clockwork...
"I coulda been a contender..!"
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #2
When your 'other half' knows better than you...
Looking at things more closely...
New poems from w-i-p collection, "Less" #1
"And I'm going to write this much!"
Is this what guilt feels like..?
Why writing is like Peanut Butter...
Theft and sleight-of-hand: two skills a writer should perfect...
Okay, you've written a poem. So what?
Chemistry and writers' retreats
The reviews for "17 Alma Road"
Our first Spring in a new house
The Haunting of Ghosts - Elizabeth (the first...)
I am not really one for memoir...
A small challenge to start the weekend
Fiction and poetry: capturing moments
There's one character who is in every novel...
What does it mean to abandon unfinished writing?
Invite your friends to read 'Writing until the light goes out'...
What am I supposed to do now? - 2
"Which of your books are you most proud of?"
E-mail is undermining our ability to read...
The Haunting of Ghosts: Elizabeth
Am I too old to become a Postgrad?
A new cover photo - and a poem
Invite your friends to read "Writing until the light goes out"