On Writing
Substack kills creativity
Maybe I hate it here???
Essays
The "Good for Her" genre explained
And why we're about to see a whole lot more of it across literature, film and television.
Essays
Frankenstein and the dangers of A.I.
How Mary Shelley's cautionary tale warns against the hubris of playing God.
book recommendations
Why We Crave Chaos: A Reader’s Love Affair with Dark Fiction
Exploring the magnetic pull of dark and unhinged narratives
On Writing
The Valley of Despair
You'll find myself and many other writers comfortably camped out here.
On Writing
An author stole my book idea
What do you do when someone else publishes your book?
On Writing
Are we writing the wrong thing?
“It's hell writing and it's hell not writing. The only tolerable state is having just written.” ― Robert Hass
Essays
The chemistry between readers
I attended the Writers Fest on the weekend and was shocked to find it didn't send me scurrying away in a sweat, clutching my bottle of Lorazepam like huge events normally do.