Cosplay I knew there would be trouble (and I was in no mood for trouble) when he shadowed me off the tram and hissed into my ear, Why are you dressed like that? Halloween isn’t for months. Dipping my head, I changed my plan, and ducked into the service station on the corner, but he…
It’s been a hectic, tiring month. I’ll explain more in a post to come later in the week, but for the moment let me capture the feeling by saying it’s taken me a couple of minutes just to compose these first two (rather boring!) sentences. It’s no coincidence then that two of these books should…
I’m afraid this month’s reading update is rather meagre. Not in quality – the opposite, in fact! – but because I haven’t been reading very much, skipping from one book to another. The reason? Tiredness. Reading Matters is almost here! (FYI: there are only tickets left for the Public Day). I began The Dispossessed and…
Life’s been pretty busy lately and I thought I would do a short update on what’s been happening. As you’ll see below, it’s a fair bit! Along with other excellent writers, I’ve had two pieces published on the Noted Festival blog. The first piece is about showcasing your work on social media social. Here’s…
Hello, I’m back! It feels like ages! Three weeks is a long time, at least for me. It’s been a great month for reading too, so I’ll get straight to business. Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman is exactly what I’d expected: accessible without being simplistic, these tales are lovingly (re)told by one of the world’s…
Very quickly, this is your last, very last, oh-so-last reminder that My Creative Process begins on Sunday. In honour of the big month that it’s been, don’t forget to use the extra special coupon SHAPES to get an even bigger saving. Read more and enroll here. As always, I’ll be doing the course’s creative challenges…
Readings, Carlton Thursday 23rd March 2017 I’m going to keep this post short and sweet. I’ll let the few photos and the video (under 20min) do most of the talking for me, but I’ll say just this: it was as relaxed and informal as I’d hoped, surrounded by wonderful friends. My thanks again to Penni…
One of my favourite books over the past decade is Born To Run, so I was very keen to read its follow-up-of-sorts, Natural Born Heroes. Christopher McDougall is one of those non-fiction writers with such a flair for telling engrossing stories that it’s not surprising they find fame and acclaim, but I think he stretches…
It is exactly three (edit: no, TWO!) weeks until On The Many Shapes Bodies Will Take is released. It’s been exciting to begin hearing the little bit of feedback so far from those people who have received their Pozible rewards and now the preorders are also en route. I’m quite a familiar sight at the…
