Snowbound, with books

I haven't given you a random round-up lately. Some of you may have been enjoying the respite, but for those who've been wondering what I'm up to apart from the much-mentioned radio drama (less than a fortnight to go), here's a quick update.

I did one of Kathy Fish's online Fast Flash workshops (two weeks of intense writing) last month and some of the exercises shoved me out of my comfort zone in a kind of 'oh, I never knew I could do that' way. The first product of that to go forth into the world is a piece of creative non-fiction which I'm proud of, but nervous about sharing. It's going to be up at the fabulous Ellipsis Zine in a couple of weeks.

I'm also going to write about the process of creating a radio drama with a writing partner, and that's going to be in a very exciting place which I won't tell you about just yet, but you'll all be able to read it for free online.

Next will be issue 9 of Confingo, coming out in April, which has a short story of mine that (dare I say it?) is a touch Gaimanesque. While, hopefully, being unarguably Saville-ish.

There's also a competition I've been shortlisted for (and I think will be in the anthology for), which is being frustratingly slow in its public announcement, so all I can do is promise to tell you the details as soon as I can.

That's it for now. I hope those of you who've been snowed in have had plenty of books to read. I've been reading, writing, and watching birds make footprints in the snow.