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In case you didn't know, when I don’t write stories, I write music. I'm a guitarist, vocalist, and lyricist and I play in a band called Maryon.Maryon is an acoustic three-piece that plays melancholic, folk-pop. I write all the music and lyrics, I'm the main vocalist as well as the rhythm guitarist, and today we're... Continue Reading →
Well, well, well, if it isn't my sworn enemy - summer! I had to go back through my archives and check because I couldn't actually remember when the last time I wrote a blog post was - and it turns out it's almost a month ago! Isn't it weird how having time off to relax... Continue Reading →
You have two great ideas at the same time - which one do you work on first? Chances are you're like me, and you have a lot of things going on inside that magnificent brain of yours at the same time. And chances are that you're also like me in that you wish you could... Continue Reading →
Last year, I had the honor of being a curator for the Something Or Other Publishing annual short story contest in the thriller and horror category, and this year it's back! There's plenty of prizes to win and loads of ways to enter, check out the official call for submission below: Something Or Other Publishing... Continue Reading →
I'm spending 2024 doing some tidying up. Essentially, I'm going through all my old projects, my forgotten manuscripts, things I wrote ages ago and put away in a cloud folder somewhere, and I'm doing some spring cleaning. I made a plan at the start of the year, which you can read about here, and I've... Continue Reading →
In an attempt to go through a ton of my old writing, in what I'm calling my Year Of A Thousand Projects, I'm trying very hard to not write anything new. Sure, there's an odd short story here and there, when I feel the itch in my typing fingers become too much after seeing a... Continue Reading →
Ugh, I've been so busy I almost forgot April's first blog post! I said it earlier this year - here - that in 2024 I would focus on going through a lot of old stuff. Things I've written ages ago that I've left to simmer for so long now that I've almost forgotten about them... Continue Reading →
Okay, so you've written and a book. You're sitting there with a manuscript in your hands and you're finally thinking, this is done now! That's like, the most demanding, most draining hard work you've ever done, probably, and now you're finished! Congratulations. Pat yourself on the back and tell yourself well done, because honestly, you've... Continue Reading →
Somehow January lasted for eight years, but also passed by in a split second. Weird how that happens, right? Last post I did I wrote about I finally felt like I was back in my groove, making a plan for 2024 and figuring out what I'm going to focus on, but now here I am... Continue Reading →
Two and a half years ago - because the world was closed down and I had nowhere to go - I sat down to write a book. Two weeks later, I had a finished draft. Since then, I haven't even looked at that draft, not even once. Not until now, when I suddenly found myself... Continue Reading →
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