Category: short stories

Playing catch up

When you don’t update your website for too long you have to play catch up. In between finishing my Masters of Arts in Creative Writing (hooray!) and travelling around the world a few times (also hooray!) I’ve managed to promote The Flying Optometrist and publish a few short stories (all the hoorays!)   Let’s start …

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In Your Face

When Tehani from Fablecroft Publishing approached me for a provocative story for her In Your Face anthology I immediately knew what I wanted to write. But oddly enough that wasn’t the story I ended up writing. My original idea was a story I’d wanted to write for a while. It dealt with racism and class …

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Well… that was a long break wasn’t it

So, I just realised I haven’t done an update since February. FEBRUARY. And it’s almost December. How did that happen?? (I think someone stole a chunk of my year! Help!) And you know, it’s not like things didn’t happen this year. Writing, and life, and the eternal balancing act between the two. I even had some short …

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Ditmars (and freebies!)

It’s Ditmar time again, and I’m SO excited that Mah Song and The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories have been shortlisted! Mah Song has been shortlisted for best short story (yay!) and The Bone Chime Song and Other Stories has been shortlisted for best collected work (ALL the yays!!). Fablecroft have made some samplers and …

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Aurealis Awards

I know I’m a little behind with this post, but I’ve been waiting for the other shoe to drop… Also, a very dear friend and I cooked and ate this trifle of death last night and I think I’m still suffering from the sugar-hangover. Anyway, while I was eating this delicious monstrosity last night the …

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