This collection of poems was written in Edinburgh during the COVID-19 pandemic and resultant lockdowns. During this time I was living...

After not having posted on here for a while, I thought it was overdue to update this blog with some writing news. Between moving to...

This is a story I submitted to the 2024 Scottish Book Trust call for short stories, under the theme of 'Hope'. I had a draft lying around...

Earlier this year, I was given the green light to advance to the second round of #NYCMidnight's 250 word short story competition after my...

This is a short piece I wrote for #NYCMidnight 's 250 word short story competition towards the end of last year. The prompts were that I...

This is a story inspired by quite an acute feeling of nostalgia. One morning I woke up with this indescribable longing; a gift to a...

This is a short piece I wrote for #NYCMidnight 's 500 word short story competition this September. The prompts were that I had to write...

This is my second entry to an NYC Midnight short story writing competition this year. The challenge is to write a 1,000 word story...

This is my attempt at diving back into the past and exploring one of my great loves: adventure. It is a tale inspired directly by a...

An outpouring of my thoughts and feelings around International Women's Day this year, dedicated to all the women in my life but above all...

Given the speed with which I breezed through 'The Song of Achilles', suffice to say I enjoyed it immensely. Where to begin with this...

This is a short story I began writing in 2018, and only got round to completing this year. It's inspired by a time in my life when I felt...

I found a fairly pristine copy of Lucky Jim sitting unassumingly in the corner of an excellent little Italian restaurant in the place I...

The ultimate example of why you should never turn your nose up at the best-sellers list. I am SO glad I picked this up on a whim after...