My second novel, A Spectrum of Heroes, is out soon from Markosia Ltd. It’s got superpowers, it’s got aliens, it’s got relationship angst, it’s got badass ladies saving the world! The release date is 6 September but it’s available for pre-order now!
Category: News
A Spectrum of Heroes
Exciting news! My second novel, A Spectrum of Heroes, will be out later this year, published by Markosia. Can’t wait to see the cover art!
Launch Date!
Today is the official launch date of my debut fantasy novel, The Defiant Spark, from Fantastic Books Publishing. You can buy a copy of the book here. The publisher interviewed me about the novel and that can be viewed here.
More Writing Magazine Success!
One of my stories was shortlisted in the Writing Magazine Timely Topic: Throne competition, mentioned in this month’s competition supplement!
Fun Competition Win!
Back in September, I entered the Fall 2019 Three Cheers And A Tiger contest from Toasted Cheese. Entrants were given 48 hours to write a story based on the prompt: “Write a fantasy or science fiction story under 5000 words that opens with something needlessly dramatic, which becomes actual drama when…” Comedy science-fiction isn’t really in […]
Article in Writing Magazine!
I submitted an article to Writing Magazine at the start of the year and received an email back very quickly to say they liked it and wanted to keep hold of it for when they had a suitable gap. And I’ve just had confirmed that it will be printed in the November edition, which is […]
Competition Shortlist!
This month’s Writing Magazine had me shortlisted in the Mid-Sentence Competition, which was a lovely surprise. I had hoped my story might do well, since I was very pleased with it, but it was quite bizarre and Writing Magazine are usually fairly mainstream in their choices for competition winners. So shortlisted is very satisfying and […]
New Reviewing Opportunity!
I am now officially a reviewer for Fringe Guru, which reviews as many shows as possible at various fringe theatre festivals throughout the year. My first review is here. And I’m going to be reviewing throughout The Vaults festival at Waterloo over the next couple of months, with a stint at Edinburgh planned for the […]
A Collaborative, Regular, Paying Writing Gig!
The lovely editors at Etre have invited me to be one of the staff writers for their new quarterly print magazine, which is a huge honour and really exciting. I’ll be helping shape the development of the magazine, being mentored by one of the editors to hone my writing, and getting the opportunity to submit […]
Unexpected Poetry Commendation
My poem The Atheist’s Prayer was Highly Commended in this year’s Winchester Festival Poetry Competition, which was a nice surprise!