Image by Lisa Humes As you may know, I moved yesterday, leaving London behind for my North Eastern homeland. The move went well and I’m glad to be home again. Still, I pride myself on my organisational abilities so I had a Friday Flash written and ready to post at the weekend! Crocodile Tears is […]
Tales from Vertigo City
New Vertigo City mini serial starts today
I’ve started my brand new mini serial over on my Vertigo City blog. The three part serial, The Prize, features Liss Hunt at the age of 16, along with a mysterious visitor to Vertigo. Part 1 is here. If you want to catch up, you can still buy The First Tale for just 99c from […]
Friday Flash – Angels of the Junkyard
Image by John Uhri, edits by me It’s been a while since I brought you any Tales from Vertigo City, and I’ve been rather feeling like I’ve been neglecting my steampunk metropolis. Indeed, the last story I posted over there was my Friday flash, Festive Felicitations, back on Christmas Eve 2010! I do have a […]
Freebies
I’m taking part in Read an Ebook Week over on Smashwords so until March 12th, you can get my steampunk novella, The First Tale, for free! That’s right – instead of the usual 99c, it now costs nothing. Just add the coupon ‘RE100’ at the checkout. Smashwords offer all kinds of formats, from EPUB to […]
Steampunk
I came across this post by Matthew Delman over on his steampunk blog, and having dipped a toe into the waters of the genre myself, I felt I should perhaps clarify my own position on the subject. After all, a writer should preferably know what it is that they’re writing, yes? Steampunk is one of […]
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 […]