For me, the new year starts when I go on leave from work. That was over a week ago. In that time, I’ve been seriously mulling over what I...

I always say that I’m only scared of two things; doctors and dentists. For a person who spends a lot of time in the world of sci fi,...

I was recently asked to be a judge for a short story competition. Despite my full-blown imposter syndrome, I accepted the invitation as...

My definition of speculative fiction.

I don’t like being afraid of things. I’m that idiot who goes outside to investigate the weird noise in the middle of the night, or looks...

I definitely owe Doug a coffee. Instead of joining my pity party about no-one reading my writing, Doug pointed out the bleedingly...

I haven’t worked on my short story for just over two months. It is sitting at 2,222 words exactly. The numbers-weirdo in me likes that...

Every now and then Einstein's definition of insanity wafts through my brain in a pungent reminder that this Groundhog Day of my life is...

It has never taken me so long to write a short story as the one I’m writing now. I know the storyline, and so far it is doing everything...

There’s a great trick for blocked writers; if new words don’t come, edit some old ones. I took that advice recently and dusted off an old...

There are three types of writers; planners, pantsers, and plantsers. Planners (unsurprisingly) plan their stories before they write them,...

I got a nice rejection today. I’m going to paraphrase, but it went something like this… Hi Natalie, thanks for considering [magazine...

I wrote a weekly blog for over ten years. It was full of writing tips and the occasional funny medical story (I've had some weird issues...