It seems that every other writer's homepage I visit has a latest news page. I've tended to use my blog for that, but have now decided it's time I had a proper page dedicated to my writing news.

Last updated: 01 October 2008

 You can still read day to day ramblings on my blog.

2008

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October

Competition Calendar column in Writers Forum Magazine - November edition, due out 2nd October 2008

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September

 

Article, The Cheats Guide To Writing Science Fiction, published in September/October issue of New Writer magazine.

Story, For Art's Sake, accepted for My Weekly magazine

Story, The Greatest Show On Earth (A Dandy McLean Adventure) in The Weekly News (issue dated 6th September 2008)

Competition Calendar column in Writers Forum Magazine - October edition due out on 4th September 2008

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August

Story, From Tescos With Love, appeared in Best Magazine (issue date 2nd September, but released on 26th August)

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July

My first column (Competition Calendar) in August edition of Writers' Forum magazine (due out on 31st July 2008)

Story, From Tescos With Love, accepted for Best Magazine. Will appear in edition published on 26th August 2008

Story, Wedding Fever (originally titled Stop The World I Want To Get Off) in My Weekly, issue dated 19th July 2008

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June

Story, Black White And Shades Of Grey accepted by The Weekly News (to appear in their Remembrance Day issue)

Story, under different pen-name, accepted by Xcite Books.

 

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May

Help, the Preditors and Editors benefit anthology, featuring my Leaf Books commended story, The Tycoon, released.

The Someday Supplement, featuring my humorous piece Corrections and Clarifications released by Leaf Books.

Article, Werewolf Not Included, appears in May/June edition of The New Writer magazine.

 

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April

Story (title withheld to protect judging process) shortlisted and through to finals of major science fiction competition.

Story, Murder on the Fourth Floor, appears in The Weekly News.

Two stories, The First Time, The Last Time and My Immortal in Tease Me anthology by Xcite Books published this month.

 

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March

Story, The Tycoon, accepted for Preditors and Editors 'Help' anthology.

Story, Poster Child, runner up in The New Writer competition

Story, Stop The World I Want To Get Off, accepted by My Weekly.

 

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February

Story, Keep Off The Grass (2nd in British Fantasy Society comp last year) featured in BFS's magazine Dark Horizons.

Story, Dandy at the Double, appears in The Weekly News 16th February 2008

Two stories accepted by Xcite Books (under different pen-name).

'Dandy McLean' stories, Murder on the Fourth Floor and The Greatest Show On Earth, accepted by The Weekly News.

 

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January

The Donkey Driver's Wife recorded by actress, Jilly Breeze, for the Shortalk website.

Shortlisted in Teifi Scribblers Competition for The Book of Eyes.

Commended in Leaf Books 'Humour Comp' for Corrections and Clarifications

Story The First Time The Last Time accepted for Xcite anthology Tease Me

Story, Mr Potato Head, appears in Momaya Review 2007