I’m delighted to say that my next short story collection – Maybe the Birds – is going to be published in 2025 by Gold SF, the feminist sci-fi/speculative fiction imprint at Goldsmiths Press.
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Interview with Carmen Maria Machado
In September 2022, I interviewed American short story writer and memoirist Carmen Maria Machado for the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice.
Diane Cook interview
I’m very excited to say I’ve just interviewed the American novelist and short story writer Diane Cook for the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice.
Continue reading “Diane Cook interview”Carmen Maria Machado interview
As part of my role as Associate Editor of the journal Short Fiction in Theory and Practice, I interviewed American short story writer Carmen Maria Machado recently.
Continue reading “Carmen Maria Machado interview”Story published
Very happy to say my story ‘Birthday’ has now been published by Fictive Dream.
Continue reading “Story published”New story being published
Delighted to announce that Fictive Dream has accepted a new short story of mine and will publish it in late September.
Continue reading “New story being published”New services being offered
As well as writing, I’m now opening up to provide appraisal and mentoring services for fiction writers who might need it.
Continue reading “New services being offered”Best British Short Stories 2021
I’m delighted to announce that my short story ‘Leather’ has been selected for Best British Short Stories 2021.
Continue reading “Best British Short Stories 2021”Revisiting rejection
I have returned to the subject of rejection for The Literary Consultancy’s blog this month – thinking about how as writers we can start to try and see this in a more positive light.
Continue reading “Revisiting rejection”No win – but it’s all good
I previously mentioned on here that my short story ‘Maybe the Birds’ was shortlisted in the inaugural Short Fiction International Short Story Prize Wild Writing Prize – unfortunately I didn’t win but it’s all good. I’m really happy my work was shortlisted and that my story appeared to resonate with the competition readers, so thank you Short Fiction. It was lovely for my work to be recognised in this way, especially after years of struggling to write new stories.
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