Blog & News
New Story at The Journal of Radical Wonder
I've accumulated a few stories over the years about work and well-being. It's a territory that matters to me. A lot of the writing is inspired by personal experiences - conversations I participated in, or overhead; scenes that I witnessed, or found out about from...
New Poems at Tentacular & The Honest Ulsterman
I'm pleased to share here some new poems published recently at two online journals: 'Three Poems with Edward Lear' at Tentacular & 'A Worn and Emptied Map' at The Honest Ulsterman. All four poems are from my current writing project: a novella-in-poems about Edward...
Interview with Deborah Tomkins, author of Aerth
If you care about innovative fiction and you care about the climate crisis, here's an interview with the writer Deborah Tomkins, in which she talks about her novella-in-flash Aerth, which was joint winner of the 2024 Weatherglass Novella Prize, judged by Ali Smith....
New Poem at The Ekphrastic Review
I'm pleased to share a new poem published online this week at the wonderful journal and resource The Ekphrastic Review, which is dedicated to writing that responds to art. This poem is from my manuscript-in-progress: a novella-in-poems about Edward Lear’s journey as a...
Writing Prompts: The Body (Getting to Know Your Main Character)…
A new set of writing prompts here - helping you to get to know your main character better. These prompts can also be channeled into writing poetry and non-fiction... (although the prompts are drawn from a website about the novella-in-flash, you can apply them to all...
2024 Round-up of Novella-in-Flash news…
One final blogpost from me before the end of 2024! - a round-up of UK & international news related to all things "novel-/novella-in-flash" from this year...I've tried to cover everything I can think of - recent book publications, online communities you can join,...
Interview with author Karen Jones…
For anyone interested in the idea of composing stories based on paintings and images, or even making a whole novella this way… Here's a new blogpost: an interview with the writer Karen Jones about her novella-in-flash Burn It All Down, which is based on the artwork of...
New Print Run…
I'm feeling very grateful that 6 years after its first publication, my hybrid novella-in-flash Three Men on the Edge (V. Press, 2018) has recently gone to a third print run. I feel blessed that it's still reaching readers and that they're willing to engage with what...
Interview with author Peter Cherches…
For anyone interested in the idea of composing a novel out of a series of short-short stories… Here's a new blogpost: an interview with the American writer Peter Cherches, about his brand new novel-in-episodes, Everything Happens to Me. It's a unique and wonderful...