We hear daily news stories about the ‘evils’ of using the internet, whether it’s sick adults grooming children, trolls jumping on anything they can to provoke a reaction, or those being recruited to fundamentalist causes. That said, social media can also be a brilliant place, connecting like-minded individuals, raising awareness about issues, spreading news stories that […]
The Best of Luna Station Quarterly is here!
I’m pleased to announce I have a story in a new anthology! The Best of Luna Station Quarterly: The First Five Years features FIFTY stories by women writers who have all appeared in Luna Station Quarterly, and it has an absolutely stunning cover by Hugo Award-winning artist Julie Dillon. My story is The Sought After Smile, a fantasy […]
Should authors be paid per page?
Do you love books? Do you think that it’s fair that when you buy a book, you only pay for the pages that you actually read? Well there was uproar recently when Amazon announced that it would be paying authors not according to the sales of each title, but rather the percentage of that title […]
The Appeal of Leadenhall Market
I was down in London for a swift break at the weekend, and as I found myself in the City late on Friday, I figured I’d take a short detour via Leadenhall Market to take some more photos. It’s a magnificent structure and I sometimes feel like it’s one of those places you’d walk past […]
The Occasional Table (short story)
The Academy boasted many fine laboratories, practice suites and classrooms, but if Jyx had to choose his favourite place, then it was surely the library. For one thing, it was the only room in the entire building where he didn’t feel out of place. His shabby and mended robes matched the cracked spines and moth-eaten […]
Stop apologising for your book
Have you ever met a writer who almost seemed apologetic about their own work? Or are you a writer who tells people that your book is “a horror, but it’s all a bit silly really”? Stop apologising for your own work. When I told people that I had my first book coming out, I was naturally […]
