“This sorry specimen came to us late last month. Her husband brought her. The poor fellow was simply beside himself with worry. He is much improved now that he is confident in the knowledge that she is in our care.” The warden gestured to the woman behind the bars. A tattered shawl hung around her […]
I’ve been tagged!
I have been tagged! Yes, it’s an electronic tag, but not in a Lindsay Lohan way. It’s a virtual tag, and Jen Brubacher got me. I get to answer eight questions and tag five other bloggers. Will it be you?! 1. If you could have any superpower, what would you have? Why?Teleportation. Like Nightcrawler, only […]
News from Vertigo City
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about my Tales from Vertigo City project, and after much discussion with my favoured creative confidantes, Carrie Clevenger and Jimmy Misanthrope, I have decided to pull The Second Tale. Initially the concept worked well in outline form for the serial, but now I’ve started writing, it’s blossomed into […]
A Tidy Writer is a Productive Writer
A few weeks back, blogger Ali Hale of Aliventures posted an entry about clutter and creativity. What, I hear you ask, is a post about tidying doing on a blog loosely dedicated to writing and other creative endeavours? Well, I’ve come to realise that it’s difficult to be truly creative when you’re drowning in a […]
Friday Flash – The Dead Calm
Today’s Fiction Friday prompt from the Write Anything website was; Use this lyric from Shore Leave to flavour your story: “Hong Kong drizzle on Cuban heels” I decided to use it to tell the story of how Captain Scarlight got his ship. For more stories about Captain Scarlight, click here. * * * The rain […]
The Second Tale arrives
Honestly, Vertigo City is beginning to take over my life! After the release of The First Tale as an e-book last week, I’ve begun work on the follow-up, called City Alchemy. The story sees Liss go in search of her missing little sister, Teva, before going freelance as an adventurer-for-hire! There will be lots more […]
