Naive. Super. and Doppler by Erlend Loe
About a year ago I read Erlend Loe’s novel, Naïve. Super. It was one of those books that came at the perfect moment in my life; a wonderfully poetic, ...
Let the Seasons Dictate Your Reading
This week, as the weather started to actually reflect the season we are in, I found myself cycling to work to the wonderfully fun sounds of The Go! Team.
The ...
Reading… and reading again.
For my dissertation at university, I did a comparative investigation of four of my favorite books of fiction and their big screen adaptations: Lolita, Revolutionary Road, Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Raymond ...
George Condo Short Story Competition
To coincide with Mental States, an exhibition by George Condo being held at Gallery, organisers are inviting the public to write 300-word short stories inspired by Condo’s portraits.
Pushing Myself
Pushing myself to try new things is one of the most important exercises as a writer. For me it is like skateboarding, I spent ages learning how to ollie and ...
My Current Project
This post has taken a little while to write because it has taken me a while to decide if I should write it at all. I wanted to write about ...
Procrastination
The last couple of weeks have all been about writing and publishing etc, but there is something that is so at the core of writing that I ...
Rejection
Inevitably, every story acceptance is accompanied by multiple rejections; sometimes a story will be accepted first time, sometimes there will be a re-write request and sometimes the ...
Tales of a Modern Writer – Part Five
Getting published
Towards the end of my time in Cambridge I got the email I’d been waiting and hoping for. The magazine I’d sent the moth story to ...
Apprenticeship: Part Two
My time spent in Cambridge was a catalyst for more than just improving my writing, it was also an important time for my photography.
I have been taking ...
Apprenticeship: Part One
I was asked to look after a friend’s house for a couple of months. He lived in Cambridge, a city I had never been to, and he had a garden ...
Putting Pen to Paper
The first stories I tried to write and the book that started it all: continuing the brief history that foretells the work I am currently writing.
One night I couldn’t sleep, ...
To Write, First One Must Read
I’ve written a few blogs before in recent years on different topics and the thing I’ve always found difficult is starting it off. Do I do the whole, ‘Hello reader, ...