Sunday 27th October, 2013

Yeah, so last week I was at the Smallsword Symposium, organised by the Black Boar fencing club. They have a report up here: [External Link] and, if you know what you’re looking for, you can spot me in a couple of the photos in the report.

There isn’t much more I can report at the moment. I’m kind of between projects and between thoughts, so… Happy Halloween?

If you’re after a new horror anthology to read, the Goodreads competition for No Monsters Allowed is open until November 6th, so go take a look here: [External Link] The paperback is available from Lulu [External Link] and ebook versions should be out soon.

Sunday 13th October, 2013

I missed doing the update last week because, basically, I didn’t feel like doing it. It wasn’t like I had much to tell you all apart from Finn’s diagnosis being confirmed by biopsy. So he has cancer but it’s not really the end of his world because it shouldn’t actually affect his health much. It’s just a case of seeing how quickly his lump grows back and whether it pains him. Which it didn’t seem to this time around.

A Pack of Lies went out to beta readers and I’m basically pecking away at a project that’s more of a re-editing and rephrasing of something that already exists. More obvious to site visitors, I had another article go up on Winterwinds Productions [External Link] and an anthology with one of my short stories in is out now (No Monsters Allowed (Anthology), Dog Horn Publishing [External Link], also see text box to the right).

Next week is a fencing weekend for me, so I won’t get around to an update. See you in a fortnight!

Sunday 11th August, 2013

Well, I’m sure I had lots to tell you but all I can think of to mention is that I’ve had another story accepted. Hopefully Hunting Unicorns will turn up in the Future Fire roster before the end of the year. Thank you to Cae Hawksmoor [External Link] and Amber Fox for the initial writing prompt!

Also in writing news, just so you know things are happening, the No Monsters Allowed anthology from Dog Horn Publishing (which accepted the story An Honest Woman’s Child) should be out in October.

(Links to publishers in the original announcement posts.)

Monday 5th November, 2012

Remember, remember the fifth of November… I was supposed to do something yesterday, wasn’t I? Okay, people, we have a belated house-keeping post this week. Let’s start with:

Outlaw Bodies

The anthology came out on November 1st. On this site, there’s been an announcement post, a related post (background on my story in the anthology and maybe spoilers if anyone wants to talk in-depth about it) and I’ve added a note to the right so that everyone can get the links to order it. I won’t bore you with repeating the same details for a fourth time. (Look! It’s to the right! That way –>).

As said previously, there are links to all things Outlaw Bodies related here: Outlaw Bodies Blog Carnival [External Link]. If you know of something that isn’t linked there or you’ve seen an online review you think the team should mention, let Djibril know on the comments.

Other Writing

You may also have noticed that another announcement post went up this week. I’ve had another short story accepted for another anthology (No Monsters Allowed). More details as and when.

In terms of what I’m producing at the moment, I am most definitely not taking part in NaNoWriMo. One year, I will, I swear, but my usual work combined with life circumstances mean I can’t commit to writing every day. Yes, that is a cop out. Tough. That said, I’m also basically not writing. I’ll get back to redrafting a few things soon but I’m supposed to be working on typing up and commenting on an acquaintance’s script. The key phrase was “supposed to be”.

Just “Other”

The “supposed to be” is because I’ve been continuing the DIY on the living room. It may even be sorted for Christmas. I now have half a laminate floor down – with help yesterday from my sister. Yay us!

Fencing / Events

Swordfish came and went. I haven’t attended but I’m hoping to go next year. While sitting and staring at rough dates for these things (I hope to make SWASH, the Smallsword Symposium and Swordfish in 2013), it occurred to me that I miss off mentioning a large number of events that I hear about something like a week before they happen. I need to try and stay more on top of these things. And maybe find a way to display them better. Any suggestions?

And, dates for SWASH 2013 have been released (see the BFHS news [External Link]) as March 9th and 10th 2013. Although they’ve changed the weekend, this still conflicts with watching the Six Nations (rugby union) so I probably won’t attend the whole weekend. I promise not to grumble too much but I can’t promise not to wear my Welsh rugby shirt. I’ll post an event note for it when there’s a page dedicated to it instead of just sending you all to the Fed home page.