My 8 most life-enriching books of 2022
A part of me thinks it would be a good idea to record what I read during the year. Another […]
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So long Shoreline, and thanks for all the fish!
Just the other week, Noel Chidwick and Mark Toner, the co-founders of Shoreline of Infinity, an SF magazine which is
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The End of (Another) Era
Back in 2018 I wrote a post about my daughter’s time at primary school coming to an end. It felt
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What is horror? A few thoughts from someone new to reading horror.
Although there are many articles that answer the question, ‘What is horror?’ (this post by Brian J. Showers is particularly
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Reflecting on 2021 and some goals for 2022
This time last year we’d just gone into lockdown again and I was busy home schooling. Just the other day
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A Year of “Me Time”
Since this is the one year anniversary of when I announced that I’d be closing down my small press, Mother’s
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Reflecting on the publication of Russian Doll
It’s a month and a bit since my debut pamphlet, Russian Doll, was published – a good time then, to
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Meet Mitsie!
Okay, so, Mitsie is no longer our “new” cat. We’ve actually had her for three years this month, yet it’s
When will things return to normal? (Some reflections from a person prone to OCD.)
Obviously, I never wanted my first blog post of the year to be about a pandemic. But here we are,
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FantasyCon, kindness, and some writing revelations
Sometimes I wonder what the SFF book world must look like to those outside it. To those not enamoured with
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What I did at 40
Recently on social media, people were spreading a little positivity by sharing some of the things they’ve done in their