On Wednesday, we got back from a holiday at the Hacienda Cerritos near Todos Santos, in Mexico. It’s the first time we’ve been to Mexico and we had a fantastic time. … Read More
Cag: An Almost True Story
I was wandering around the Internet on Sunday, looking for inspiration, when I came across Chuck Wendig’s latest flash fiction challenge. The idea was to write an event from your … Read More
An Innsmouth Valentine’s
I took the day off from work on Thursday. Not because I wanted to prepare an epic Valentine’s Day surprise for my wife but to go to the dentist. Thankfully, … Read More
It’s a Writing Wrap
I finished revising my new story – Bottled Lightning – today and sent it out into the big wide world. I’m pretty happy with it, especially since I really didn’t … Read More
We Have a Winner – The Many Deaths of Albert G Elderberry
It’s “Family Day” on Monday (here in BC anyway) and I just got a great start to the long weekend. My time travel story The Many Deaths of Albert G Elderberry … Read More
Another Aftermath
The story I started three weeks ago, Bottled Lightning, is now sitting at 4,356 words – a little over 1,500 words shorter than the first draft. I read through it again … Read More
Bottling Lightning
I finished writing the first draft of my new story, now called Bottled Lightning, last night. It’s a science fiction story – a first contact science fiction story in fact – … Read More
Vital Statistics 2012
Here’s the rundown of my writing stats from 2012 (numbers in brackets are values from 2011). Stories sold: 5 (1) Writing time: 64.2 hours (114.6) Total word count : 34,520 … Read More
We Have a Winner – Piece Number 7
Just breaking unscheduled radio silence for news of my fifth acceptance of the year – my novella Piece Number 7 has been accepted by Garbled Transmissions. Most of the time I’m hopeless at … Read More
A Gentle Reminder
Just a quick reminder that my story, Hidden, is now up on Every Day Fiction – more details here. [Philip Harris]