I’m pleased to announce that my story “The Withering Sky” is a recipient of the Writers of the Future Award 2022. The space horror novelette will be published in the upcoming Writers of the Future Volume 39 on 16th May 2023. Click here to order the anthology from your preferred store. The Writers of the […]
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2022 in Books
This post is inspired by Kate McKean’s recent newsletter article, which I thought was a great way to visualise, rather than just list, books read last year. I read 50 books in 2022, which makes me very happy. It’s been a hard year at work and in my personal life, but I’ve still found time […]
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TL;DR: Listen to this, and if you haven’t already, read this. Two years ago I read Maya Angelou’s memoir I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. The economy of words and effortless storytelling made it an instant favourite. A book that has brewed in the back of my head since, and one I look forward […]
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Day one of going part-time at my day job. Enormous fortune permits me to take this step, so that I can focus more on writing. I now have afternoons free to work on finishing my WIP. The first thing I did today after finishing work was go for a walk in the park. It’s a […]
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This post is about Kevin Kelly, whom I came across lately after reading somebody’s newsletter. Despite my best efforts, I can’t remember whose newsletter it was. My apologies to the ether for not giving due credit. Kevin Kelly, co-founder of Wired magazine, has curated a lot of cool odds and ends, hosted on a part […]
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