Jun 2, 2011 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, Writing
Wonderwaan is an imprint of a Netherlands Science Fiction and Fantasy magazine see their website. They have accepted an odd little story of mine called The Witch’s Alien, and are translating it into Dutch. As far as I know this is the first of my stories to be...
Dec 26, 2010 | Blogroll, Writing
John Goodwin is a writer friend of mine living in Cyprus. I met him in 2008 while on a UK Author’s Away Week writing holiday in Bellapais, Northern Cyprus. John lives in Paphos but was good enough to taxi me over to the north of the island. He was similarly...
Aug 23, 2010 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, Writing
The last week or so has been a time of brain-stretching writers’ workshops, entertaining conversation and rotating legs. I’d cycled the 150 miles via drovers’ roads and minor roads from Chester to Carmarthenshire to attend the UKAuthors Away week at PenyBanc Farm,...
Mar 31, 2009 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, Writing
I’m off to Cyprus soon for a residential writers’ workshop and relaxation. I normally work from home and frequently distracted by seeing chores to do, answering the phone and door, and preparing meals. Being away allows us to focus more on writing and...
Apr 9, 2008 | Blogroll, Genre: Science Fiction, Writing
I had a weird moment in Cyprus. In Kyrenia Castle I found the tomb of Sinan Pasha. The others hadn’t heard of him but he features in my Xaghra’s Revenge novel! He was the sadistic Admiral (though a Jew) of the Barbary Corsairs that pillaged Gozo in 1551...
