Mouse Years has just been posted on the Brighton COW (that’s Community of Writers, by the way) website. It has now been published in Scribble Magazine and was short-listed by Exeter Writers’ Circle earlier this (oops, last) year. So if you feel like something light-hearted (and definitley non-scientific) , do take a look. And for a complete contrast, read … Continue reading A Mouse and a Jellyfish
Or with any luck, to party! One way or another 2010 is drawing to a close, a year in which I’ve made lots of changes that are just starting to shake down and make sense. It’s been an odd writing year in which I haven’t produced much, but have had quite a lot of success with the … Continue reading And so to bed
Snow may no longer be a big story but not even the locals can remember a time when Beaumaris beach was covered like this. And I’m glad I took the photos when I did, as after a sudden thaw on Boxing Day night we were woken by the sound of snow and ice sliding off … Continue reading Anglesey Snow
Metazen ‘likes odd stories and odd poems, but ones that touch you in a special way’ which is why a few weeks ago I sent them one of my few attempts at flash fiction, just on the off-chance. Since I prefer writing to length (2,000 – 80,000!) and don’t usually put my writing in a particularly edgy or unconventional category, … Continue reading Hold the front page
In my pre-school years, I always believed that the girl who fell down the rabbit hole and the story of her adventures was called Alison Wonderland, and I remember a sense of disappointment when I discovered that Alice wasn’t actually my namesake. Later, of course, I read the story and its sequel for myself and forgot that connection I … Continue reading Alison Wonderland
