I’m sitting here a little overwhelmed. This afternoon I gave my first book reading proper. I’ve been ‘on the bill’ for one or two open-mic gigs which went down rather well. But this was my first on my own. It was a bijou affair on the fourth floor of The School of Oriental and African […]
Writing
Our authors discuss the writing process
Five other bloggers on Bastardography
As I prepare for todays talk at SOAS LGBT Society in London. Something that I am half excited, half nervous about, I was going to share such nonsensical fears, but then I thought that would be rather silly. Instead I thought I’d give a run-down of five other bloggers who wanted to talk about Bastardography. […]
Grindstone
It has been nearly a month since the DFG and Zitebooks launch, and whilst it was easy to bask in the reflected glory of the birth and release of my novel, and the follow up trip to Los Angeles to discuss options to take it to the small screen, now, in the heat of Hounslow […]
Cards and Memories
Memories can be brought to life by the simplest of things. I am looking at my Easter cards. And my Mothers’ Day ones. And my Christmas ones. Will keep them up for a while. I like to keep lots of cards up for ages. Some forever… Some even get framed. I was about to say that I have […]
Swearing Blind
A friend last week sent a card featuring Jane Austen with her publisher who is saying “We like the plot Miss Austen, but the effing and blinding has to go.” I’d seen the card before but was struck by Cilla’s comment that the card seemed somehow apt for me. I have been slightly worried that the opening chapter of […]