Category Archives: About writing

My latest project has been the revision of this classic publication, going into its 6th edition. What an excellent resource it has been for years. I remember, as a starting-out writer, proudly buying my first copy. The revised Handbook is … Continue reading →

Recently I was privileged to be one of the judges for the National Flash Fiction competition, and what an excellent selection of stories I read. Amazing what can be achieved in only 300 words. If you’d like to read the … Continue reading →

My story, Sunhat, is featured in the New Zealand edition of this online literary magazine. You can read the story – and work by other NZ writers – here.

“A writer cannot really grasp what he has written. It is not like a building or a sculpture; it cannot be seen whole. It is only a kind of smoke seized and printed on a page.” from Burning the Days, … Continue reading →

Recently I met a lovely poet called Ila Selwyn who told me about a poem she had written using words and phrases from my novel City of Reeds. The words come from the last section of the novel, where Clare … Continue reading →

It might seem odd that I’ve called my pseudo-blog section of the website ‘The Blank Page’ … the idea came to me on seeing Gabrielle’s illustration of the typewriter with its blank page, all ready to be written on. That’s … Continue reading →