An essay, a story, a couple of reviews

It looks like I've neglected to tell you what I've been up to lately. I entered an essay into this year's NUHA Blogging Prize, on the topic of 'Do schools and universities have a responsibility to educate their students on social behaviour alongside the academic?' and you can read it (and comment on it) here. It's already sparked a bit of discussion, not least in the Monkey household.

I've also got a short (just under 500 words) story in issue 8 of Firefly Magazine, which you can read online here.

Before that came out I reviewed a fast-paced sci-fi novel, vN by Madeline Ashby, over at Luna Station Quarterly, and a book on spelling, grammar and punctuation at The Bookbag. Bits of it reminded me of Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson, but it never quite lived up to its promise. And I still don't know the proper names for all the parts of a sentence, I just use them as they fit best. Reading hundreds of books for fun over the last 35 years has no doubt helped with that.

So there you are, that's you (loyal reader) all caught up. Enjoy the rest of your Sunday.