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"The Red Tie" - 13
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
18 hrs ago
Grimsby Docks - 3
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Apr 10
"The Red Tie" - 12
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Apr 5
Retreat!
Coming up, four days of intense work...
Apr 4
Grimsby Docks - 2
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Apr 3

Recent Posts; Individually themed sections below

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"The Labours of Charles E." - the trailer
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Mar 31
"The Red Tie" - 11
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Mar 29
Grimsby Docks - 1
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Mar 27
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"Dead-heading Roses in the Museum Garden and Other Stories" - the trailer
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Mar 24
"The Red Tie" - 10
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Mar 22
Autobiography - and the battle between fact and fiction
The passage of time makes 'truth' a slippery beast.
Mar 20
Writing until the light goes out
Writing until the light goes out
Every day is a refinement of my writing self. This is a record of my journey... "When you see anything of mine that you don’t like, remember that I’m sincere in doing it and that I’m working toward something" (Ernest Hemingway)
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2023 Interview on "Between Authors Podcast"
My discussion with Adrian Lopez
Interview with 'Books & Beverages'

"This Writing Life"

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Retreat!
Coming up, four days of intense work...
Apr 4
"Dear Me..."
"What you don't know..."
Feb 24
The Magic of Performance
A question arising from a day watching others strut their stuff...
Feb 13
"Mum, I don't feel well..."
Confession of a once seven-year-old.
Jan 27
"What would you do if you didn't write?"
A question prompted by news of Julian Barnes' final novel.
Jan 22

Short Stories

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"Dead-heading Roses in the Museum Garden and Other Stories" - the trailer
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Mar 24
"Playbook Fragments"
A short story from my collection "Dead-heading Roses in the Museum Garden and Other Stories" which is published this Saturday, 14th March.
Mar 12
"Disposable"
A dystopian short story - pertinent in our troubled times - which will make its appearance in my new collection "Dead-heading Roses in the Museum Garden…
Jan 30
Anthology submission - window closes in two weeks!
"New Contexts: 8" is seeking poetry and short prose for a Spring 2026 publication.
Jan 17
"Crushed"
A mid-life crisis romantic fantasy...
Dec 5, 2025

Fiction

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"The Red Tie" - 13
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
18 hrs ago
"The Red Tie" - 12
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Apr 5
"The Labours of Charles E." - the trailer
Thanks for reading Writing until the light goes out! Subscribe for free to receive new posts and support my work.
Mar 31
0:44
"The Red Tie" - 11
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Mar 29
"The Red Tie" - 10
Weekly serialisation of my short dystopian thriller.
Mar 22

Poetry

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Grimsby Docks - 3
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Apr 10
Grimsby Docks - 2
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Apr 3
Grimsby Docks - 1
A series of readings from "Grimsby Docks", my 2024 collection of poems and photographs.
Mar 27
"In the Tate Britain café, Millbank, London"
A poem.
Mar 7
Anthology submission - window closes in two weeks!
"New Contexts: 8" is seeking poetry and short prose for a Spring 2026 publication.
Jan 17

The Craft of Writing

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A Symphony of Words
What can writers learn from music?
Mar 18
Writing prompt #6
Another suggestion to get the Poet in you going...
Mar 10
The importance of fingernails...
...as a sign of the times.
Mar 4
Walking the tightrope of anthology editing II
A year on, revisiting thoughts on anthology editing as I go through the process again.
Feb 5
Can I help you?
An opportunity to enjoy one-to-one creative writing mentoring.
Dec 26, 2025

Work-in-Progress

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Autobiography - and the battle between fact and fiction
The passage of time makes 'truth' a slippery beast.
Mar 20
It's that time of the year again
...and like the arrival of buses, you wait an age for one and then...
Feb 26
"Like raindrops dripping from a leaf"
An ekphrastic short story.
Jan 12
New books from Coverstory for 2026
A quick summary of the new books currently on the stocks for Coverstory books' publication in the first half of 2026.
Dec 29, 2025
This is NOT a New Year's resolution
- partly because I don't intend to break it!
Dec 27, 2025
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