Published Work

The Apple Inspector Momaya Press Annual Review 2010. Order online. The Apple Inspector explores the experience of breast cancer on a family, told through the voice of the daughter, a young girl who is quite self assured and even a little precocious at times. I love the strange logic and directness of kids. I channelled this into a story that is honest, but lightened with the boundless optimism children posses.

Each year Momaya Press run an international short story competition and publish an Annual Review featuring short stories selected by a panel of judges from the publishing industry.

In Progress

I have written several short stories and have several in progress. They join three novels, also in progress. I dabble in poetry, but stick to prose fiction most of the time. I also consult on professional copywriting for small businesses.

Here are some comments on my short stories from peer reviews on YouWriteOn.com:

Reviews of The Wandering Button

“I'm still thinking about it. It left such an impression on me.” paigecarter (email correspondence)

“I laughed out loud!” Clair Humpries, articles published in Words with Jam and short stories published by Honno & Harper Collins US 

Reviews of The Brink

“Lovely, economical writing and fantastic turns of phrase.” willow55

 “I love the economical observation and the raw but restrained narrative voice. …it has the lilt of poetry and it's rare to find such attention to style.” JaneDH, articles published in The Independent, Mslexia, Poetry Review and The F-Word.

If you're interested, there's more about me and why I write fiction here.