I’ve just realised I’ve not posted any free fiction for a while, so here is ‘The Fledgling’, a short story about a girl growing up in ancient, China from my Open Waters collection. If you like this, you can … Continue reading →
About three years ago the exact location of the quarries used for the bluestones of Stonehenge was found, using petrography, a kind of geological fingerprinting. A few days ago I was lucky enough to go to one of the sites. … Continue reading →
I’ve written before about this delicious, quick and simple, and rather boozy pudding. Yesterday was the first chance* to make it this year, and I went back to same recipe I used in the past. This time I tried a … Continue reading →
I came across this old poem in the Book of Kells exhibition in Trinity College, Dublin. Written in the 9th century by an Irish monk while he was in St. Gallen, Switzerland, it shows the relationship between writers and their … Continue reading →
OK, so this may not be much to look at, but for a fern geek like me this is exciting stuff. I’ve been growing and propogating ferns and their ilk since my early teens, and this is the first time … Continue reading →
Dublin’s a friendly city, friendly enough to wait for EuroCon to finish before the rain started! The Dead Dog party is over, I have partied hard and slept well, and I am really looking forwards to the next one. This … Continue reading →
I trained as a Plant Biologist. Life, living things, have ever been the fascination in my own life. When Anthony Evan’s Glowing Plants Kickstarter project came along I immediately contributed. So did many other people – the project asked for … Continue reading →
The last few years have been terrific ones for the T Party, the London writing group I’ve belonged to since I can’t remember when (about 15 years – I think). Web sites always need more work, so I decided a … Continue reading →
(This was originally posted on Pete Sutton’s excellent BRSBKBLOG web site. Things have moved on a little so I thought I’d re-post an updated version here.) Mind Seed was my first experience as an anthology editor, publisher, typesetter, and commissioner … Continue reading →
I’m pleased, thrilled, chuffed and delighted to announce that Mind Seed, the anthology I co-edited with Gary Couzens*, and also published, is now born, hatched, germinated and in full bloom as a brand-new paperback. We’ve some great stories here, all … Continue reading →
