Palahniuk’s Ongoing Affair with the Bahktinian Grotesque
 (Not sure why I can’t get this to embed, but never mind)
This is one of the pieces of work for Uni that has consumed my time and energy like a sentient tumour.  It was either a little animated video or sock puppets for this presentatin, both of which I’ve […]

It’s satisfying as a writer to find yourself emptying all your money onto the bar in a lapdancing club in the name of god-honest writerly research.
Suffice to say I have already spent two solid hours writing today.
Shall be inviting the girls to the ‘Dolls’ book launch in April, though last night was for ‘Gabe’ currently […]

Writers in education is a relatively small community, so it’s really good to put yourself out there and make yourself, and what you do, known.  With this in mind, I’ve been pitching to conferences like the Oceans of Short Stories in Liverpool last May as well as to the usual short story journals.  The Liverpool […]