Category Archives: Writing

Your First Thought…

As a writer you get a lot of advice thrown at you, particularly when you’re starting out, but I love this one from Karin Tidbeck. I trained first in improvisation and then more formally as an actor on screen and … Continue reading

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I am here

As I write this I’m sitting on the grass in front of the beautiful Tate Modern at Bankside Power Station. It’s warm and sunny with a nice southwesterly breeze. There’s a guy playing what I know as The Numa Numa … Continue reading

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Being Scottish

I’ve always had a bit of a fraught relationship with my Scottishness. I was born in Scotland, spent half my life there. But as a Glaswegian of Irish descent there would always be other Scots on hand to remind me … Continue reading

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Rustblind and Silverbright

My story Stratford International has been selected for the railway-themed anthology Rustblind and Silverbright, forthcoming from Eibonvale Press and edited by David Rix. It’s a story about urban decay and regeneration, the psychic landscape of the inner city, all the … Continue reading

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Feeling the burn

I’m working on a top secret project for submission to an upcoming anthology (top secret in that I don’t want to jinx it by naming the anthology) and it’s taking me right out of my comfort zone. It’s fair to … Continue reading

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