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Feedback & book recommendation
Tongue-in-cheek post about receiving feedback and reading book reviews.
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Queer creatives: Sarah Schulman’s ‘Ties that Bind’
Brief overview of the book ‘Ties That Bind ‘by Sarah Schulman and sharing experiences as queer writers.
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Writing Our Legacy: Submissions until 6 May 2026
Writing Our Legacy charity and BPOC writers and community spaces to develop your writing. Importance of support for marginalised voices.
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Exploring European Crime Fiction: Insights and Inspirations
Discussing writing goals, learning the craft and reading crime fiction authors for inspiration.
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Bodies in Transit
In 2025 I was shortlisted for the Emerging Writers’ Award at the Brighton Book Festival (2025) for Bodies in Transit, a piece of experimental, diasphoric fiction. Below I share the first part of the piece which is in five sections — Bodies in TransitTo be born is to inherit someone else’s unfinished crossing. I. Ribcage…
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Covert Literary Magazine Issue 5, launch event 21/10/2025
Dear All, Excited to reveal that a couple of my short stories has been published in Covert Literary Magazine and I will be doing a reading at the launch on the 21st of October 2025 (Brighton, UK). Come along and hear from all the writers. The Magazine, run by Writing Our Legacy, is sponsored by…
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Hell’s Breakroom
Hi All, Hope everyone is doing well, and enjoying what you can of your days. Bailey and I have been tussling with the seasonal changes – to be honest – me more than her! I have already got my heated blanket out. When COVID-19 struck, followed by lockdown, I was writing short stories for the…
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A short post about ‘Murder, You Say?’
I first started working on ‘Murder, You Say?’ in 2019! I kept starting and stopping, setting it aside and wondering how to invest it in something that made me want to finish it. It started life being called ‘Murder in the Village’. Then, as time went on, I realised that what I wanted, was to…
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Murder, You Say? — out in the wild!
After being a finalist in the Emerging Writers’ Category at the UK Brighton Book Festival (yes, I mention it whenever I can), I was determined to complete the second Emerson Chopra mystery, Murder, You Say? But publishing a book when you’re self-published is like trying to build a boat while already at sea, and then…
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