NaNoWriMo 2017 :: Preparations

I’ve taken part in seven National Novel Writing Month‘s across eight years. This year, I’m focusing on a new project, which I’m currently fleshing out. That’s the joy of October: I get to explore the characters, setting, and attempt to …

Book Reviews :: 2017 :: Part I

During 2017, I’m aiming to read a minimum of 12 books. Although a ‘low’ aim, this ensures I read long books just as often as short ones! Having read only short, simple books for a couple of years, I’m trying to …

Level-Up! Essence of Green :: August 2017

“The summer air is hot and still, the afternoon hazy; crickets call relentlessly from among the brown grasses, and ears of corn are the same heavy, burnished gold as the late-day sun. Hawks circle in the blue-white sky overhead, and …

Birthday Celebrations

It was my birthday yesterday and that basically left me without a post for this weekend. So I hope you’ll settle for a mini-update and normal service shall resume next Saturday: I’ve written at least my daily aim of 269 words …

FLAG :: BFS Nomination Giveaway!

For those who follow the British Fantasy Awards, you may know that one short-listed nomination for the Best Anthology is Kristell Ink’s Fight Like A Girl, edited by Joanne Hall and Roz Clarke. If you don’t know, this is a …