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Hello! I am an old crone who very much enjoys reading SF, urban fantasy and horror. I write all sorts, some of it SF, urban fantasy and horror, a lot of it not. Sometimes I can even be funny, so I'm told. My short stories have appeared in the anthologies 'Cold Iron: Ghost Stories from the 21st Century' (Iron Press) and 'Science Fiction For Survival: An Archive For Mars' (Valley Press), as well as in magazines ranging from the literary magazine 'Dreamcatcher' to 'Writing Magazine' and 'The People's Friend' (the latter definitely not SF, urban fantasy or horror). I do regular local spoken word events, and needless to say there is a novel on the go. My new website is currently under construction, and you are cordially invited to come and have a peep at the blogs and free stories there. You can even go mad and sign up for my newsletter! Plus the usual social media stuff. All details below. Thanks for dropping in! (Oh, the picture is of my highly critical personal editor.)
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The opening paragraphs of
Posted on Thu, 08 Oct 2015
The opening paragraphs of this chapter are absolutely splendid writing. For me, Marc is the most vivid of all the characters. The bit about the hip being a pestle and mortar is particularly striking.
Also another development in this...
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 22
Hi
Posted on Wed, 12 Aug 2015
Hi
I'm rattling through this - enjoying very much. The details you have put in to evoke the period are very effective. I was very struck in a previous chapter how you caught the murk and grime of seventies Britain, and the feel you have...
Read full commentPosted in EBOLOWA 15
One of the things I really
Posted on Wed, 27 Apr 2016
One of the things I really like about this story is the way you anchor it with precise detail and description - lots of day to day stuff that gives the people and the place solidity and believability, so important when your plot centres on the...
Read full commentPosted in Switchback. Ch14 pt2
It is difficult to read,
Posted on Wed, 20 Apr 2016
It is difficult to read, particularly on a screen. The words themselves provide the cumulative effect you seem to be aiming for, powerfully building to the denoument. I don't think you need this particular formatting.
Read full commentPosted in WW1 ghosts
You have not put this piece
Posted on Tue, 19 Apr 2016
You have not put this piece as fiction so I am assuming it is at least partly personal experience. It must have been very difficult to write. You've captured the heightened emotion of such an occasion, the artificiality and sometimes surreal...
Read full commentPosted in A Fathers Secret
I'm not a fan of the Family,
Posted on Mon, 18 Apr 2016
I'm not a fan of the Family, but I felt for her son, posing for 'that' picture. Choosing between the symbolism of doing it and the symbolism of not. Whatever the perks, I wouldn't fancy life as a signifier.
Read full commentPosted in A Life in Tabloid Pictures
Interesting idea with lots of
Posted on Sun, 17 Apr 2016
Interesting idea with lots of detail - is ths part of something longer or are you thinking of expanding it? Lazlo sounds like a character with lots of potential for development before his sad demise. Or was it his demise? I think there were...
Read full commentPosted in A Trip to Edinburgh
Particularly liked the
Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2016
Particularly liked the portrayal of the relationship between George and Mary - very moving. I find the way you are introducing the characters very interesting - they appear, with their own stories, as needed by the plot. You haven't followed...
Read full commentPosted in Switchback. Ch9
I like the way the poem's
Posted on Wed, 13 Apr 2016
I like the way the poem's structure emphasises the ambivalence, the simultaneous need for and fear of dependence. The poem also makes you wonder about the dynamics of the relationship, and what the 'other half' thinks about it. A good read.
Read full commentPosted in Some False Sense Of Security
Perfumes are so evocative.
Posted on Tue, 12 Apr 2016
Perfumes are so evocative. For me Carven's Ma Griffe, if I ever catch a whiff of it, has a very similar effect. Beautiful writing.
Read full commentPosted in 'Evening in Paris' (Poetry Monthly)
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