YA literature has a special place in the hearts of readers of all ages, providing an avenue for self-discovery, empowerment and...

Being back on Twitter for the first time in four years has been interesting so far. There's loads of great stuff, of course, like the...

Two more podcast recommendations: Cast of Wonders - The podcast version of Cast of Wonders, a young adult speculative fiction zine...

Continuing my short fiction recs, I have a few more I've enjoyed lately. These are all available to read online, at least as of this blog...

Don’t you hate it when there’s an excellent scene in a movie, TV show or book and you’re really engaged with it, and then a character...

I have been immersing myself in the wonderful world of YA short fiction lately and wanted to recommend a few of my favourites. I’ll...

So I remembered some Twitter-length fiction I wrote way back and had to do some link digging to find them again. I think there might have...

Earlier I mistyped “blazing bullocks" as “blazing buttocks" on a friend’s blog. Oops. Thinking about it now though, it could've been...

There's an old interview with Stephen King from 2011 which I re-read recently, and I noticed that even though this was posted over a...

Writing can be a lonely business. As the author you're the only person who can write the story that you want to write. Sure, you might...

This is a short speculative flash piece called Ring-Ring I wrote a few years ago. I still quite like this one. Title: Ring-Ring Genre:...

Young Adult fiction has exploded in popularity in the last decade, spawning a number of huge movie franchises, TV shows, games and...

I’ve been having silly fun with The N+7 Machine today. If you haven’t tried it yet, I highly recommend playing with this tool, as it will...

A few of these useful writer links and blog posts are old now but the info and advice is timeless. 20 Common Grammar Mistakes That...

It’s amazing what weird stuff you can learn while researching. While looking something up for a short story, me and a friend discovered...

Lovecraft’s stories are very hit-or-miss. A few years ago I went through a whirling reading fest and over the course of about two weeks I...

Top 10 Gadgets From Iain M. Banks’ Culture Universe – I’m a massive Iain M. Banks fan, particularly his Culture sci-fi novels. This list...

Trawling through the iTunes podcast library, I stumbled upon an audio drama called We’re Alive – A Story of Survival, by Wayland...

Sometimes you find yourself with an image or a line of prose (or an entire story concept) and you just don’t know what to do with it. You...

In the beginning, there were words. Lots and lots of words. The key to those words was figuring out how best to construct them into...