Queer Indie Awards 2023

6 Feb 20236 Feb 2023

I keep forgetting to mention that I've been nominated in two categories by Queer Indie - Queer Lit Speculative, and Queer Lit Romance - for their 2023 awards. These awards…

Irish inspiration

4 Feb 2023

There's a lovely piece in today's Guardian about the Connemara region of western Ireland, which brought back some happy memories for me. We spent a week in nearby Co Galway,…

Good news for the new year!

18 Jan 2023

I mentioned in my last blog post that I was hoping to submit my latest book to a publisher one of my friends had recommended. Well, please take a bow…

Now with added Mastodon

22 Nov 2022

Much as I love Twitter I've been a bit alarmed by all the bad publicity and am half expecting it to vanish in a puff of smoke overnight. It's taken…

Heat Haze price reduction

25 Aug 202225 Aug 2022

Where does the time go? I suddenly realised the other day that it was almost exactly a year since I published my collection of short sultry summer/heat themed m/m stories,…

Coming Soon: a Brand New Zine!

11 Aug 202211 Aug 2022

Many years ago I ran an online m/m romance magazine called Forbidden Fruit. Some of you might even go back far enough to remember it! It became quite successful in…

Hot!

19 Jul 2022

Like so many others around the UK - and further afield - we're experiencing unusually high temperatures at the moment. I took this photo of my phone in the middle…

Event – and Giveaway!

15 Jul 2022

A quick update to let everyone know I'll be taking part in a Facebook launch party on Sunday. The event is to celebrate the release of Alex J Adams' new…

June newsletter due soon

20 Jun 2022

Just a quick note to say my next newsletter for June will be coming out in the next day or two. This time round, as well as the usual writing…

Gardening – as nature intended?

7 May 2022

I didn't realise that Word Naked Gardening Day was a 'thing' until very recently - and I suspect it isn't much of a thing at all this far north in…