So I was recently commissioned to write a short story for a student’s personal website. When I first spoke with Abdul, he had this idea for a story involving a Muslim orphan from Afghanistan whose dream it was to meet the Queen of England. He wanted to dedicate the story to his mother as […]
Continue readingTwo short stories I was commissioned to write on the theme of….Zombies….have been published at www.zombiehotel.co.uk You can read “Z-Hour” and “Guess Who’s Coming To Eat You For Dinner” here. There is one editorial mistake the site editor did not pick up on “Guess Who’s Coming To Eat You For Dinner” that is being corrected […]
Continue readingI had my first ever dispute with a new client recently. The fact that it was minor and easily resolved heartened me a little, but it did remind me about how important it is to set out your stall from the very start. In other words – agreed terms and conditions. Maybe even…a contract? […]
Continue readingI recently read the news that both The Sun and The Daily Telegraph (and now apparently, The Daily Mail) are to start charging users to view the content on their websites in the second half of 2013. This has provoked a slew of negative feedback from some of the readership. Considering the way we have […]
Continue readingSo after much prevarication, years of wondering if I’m good enough, several writing courses, dozens of different writers groups and much encouragement from a few well informed friends, I finally started pushing ahead with one of my books in earnest about a month ago. Note – I don’t like calling it ‘Novel Writing’ even though […]
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