So I’ve been away from the world of competitive fiction writing for almost twelve months, and now, clambering back into the saddle I’m headlong into the 2012 Whittaker Prize. No gentle easing […]
When Prevarication Bites: A Cautionary Tale

This is the sad little story of what happens when you let prevarication get in the way of a good story and my unerring ability to do so right up to a […]
A Busy Couple of Months Ahead

OOOH! Lots of NaNoWriMo action today. The Nano website has been reset and all last year’s lovely— or not so lovely as the case may be— words have disappeared into the ether. […]
A Personal Challenge Goes Public
In sub-Saharan Africa 151 million people are illiterate; 62% of them are women. 72 million children still do not go to school, and most people simply cannot afford books of their own. […]