My first round entry to the NYC Midnight Short Story Competition just missed out on earning me a place in the next round of the competition. "The Right Thing" got an "Honourable Mention", coming in sixth in the group, but only the top five authors from each group progress to the next round. I was […]

Drawing really isn’t my strong suit. That said, when you’re writing a fantasy novel, and creating a world, you need some sort of visual reference to help you remember where key places are in relation to one another, and to make sure the world your characters live in remains believable. Finally, after much procrastination, I got friend and fantastic local […]

Do you remember the Psion series of personal organisers / palmtop computers? Back in the day before we all took internet access for granted, before Google was invented, when email was largely a corporate phenomenon used for internal communication, a British company called Psion led the way in portable productivity devices. I’ve always been a bit of a gadget […]