Sitemap - 2017 - Ponderings of a Part-Time Writer

Warning: timeshift approaching

I blinked, and half December went

Literary fiction and why I avoid it

The pitfalls of story submissions

A new story in a new publication

Ethically sourced books

Ellipsis Zine flash fiction anthology

Reading, writing, exciting

Mentoring for the less confident

Two Hundred and Twenty-one Baker Streets

In which I share my enthusiasm for Neil Gaiman

How to write a query letter for a literary agent

Penguin WriteNow Newcastle - a summary

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (free e-book)

Signs of age: when even adults are too young to share your past

Inspired by Eric Clapton: a new story at The RS500

A blurring of poetry and prose

Speech from the dead

A slightly tongue in cheek crime story for a midweek boost

To the far north, in search of Penguins

Crowdfunding hitches: the skint and the tight

Summer story and science storytelling

A dystopian moment for your reading pleasure

The Watchmaker of Filigree Street by Natasha Pulley

The death of the apostrophe

Rewriting a novel, a cry from the midst of chaos

Schedule? What schedule?

Greetings from Batley Park W.Y.

Autocorrecting my way to poetry

Working Class Writer? Class, Education, Politics and the Arts

Things of mine you can now read

Ilkley Writers present - 'Tales From The Library'

Accents and globalisation part 3: voice recognition technology

New flash fiction and a review

Accents and globalisation part 2

Accents and globalisation part 1

New story, new author photo

A Darker Shade of Magic by VE Schwab

Writing on Air

Never mind Article 50, won't someone think of the environment?

The over-analysed writer

Week 20: In armchair if wet

The Uses of Literacy, by Richard Hoggart

Week 19: Women and words

York. Women. Stories. Songs.

Week 18: in which I'm not allowed to get big-headed

When winning might cost more than losing

A writer praises the North

Week 17: involving many books

Award-winning Twitter fiction

Week 16: Comedy Gold

Week 15: Spoken word in Leeds, among other things

What was read where last year?

Week 14: In which I reach for the stars

Week 13: Slightly delayed

Mobius Dick by Andrew Crumey

Week 12: In which I am both witty and political

Living in a Cultural Void, or Whither Public Transport?

Week 11: The weather outside is frightful

Come to York for stories and songs

Week 10: Return of the back (problem)

Reading my way through 2016

Week 9: Research and the art of getting sidetracked