more of my consumer articles have appeared in our newspaper in the last four weeks. They reprinted YOU’VE WON A TRIP…IS IT WORTH IT?, which is also on this blog. And new articles, ODD USES FOR OLD TENNIS BALLS, 10 NEW WAYS OF USING PAPERCLIPS, and 10 THINGS TO DO WITH PIECES OF OLD GARDEN …
Category: My writing updates
New Story Accepted
a second story has been taken by one of the (American) Guideposts anthologies. Thin Places anthology editor has just emailed to say that they are taking my story, Into That Good Night. They produce a well presented volume and as I had a story in another of their anthologies in March of this year I …
More Articles Appearing
The local newspaper is having a small binge on my articles at present. Last few weeks one has appeared in all of the Saturday supplements for the Dannevirke News. Out have been FUN (AND GIFTS) WITH JUNK Saturday August 23rd 2014, REMEDIES FROM THE KITCHEN CUPBOARD Corriander, Saturday August 30th 2014, and PEG IT (10 …
Articles Appearing
with it being the season for it, our local newspaper is again using a trickle of my consumer articles. In the last few weeks, articles on Keeping Warm in Winter, Recycling Unwanted Books and Magazines, and an open article on how annoyed I am that Meridian Power Company has dumped two long-time familiar meter readers …
Oh Wow!
And an update email from my Wildside publisher the other day, to tell me that my collection, Sherlock Holmes:Repeat Business is now a finalist for the 2014 Silver Falchion Award in Best Single-Author Collection. Even if I don’t win, just being a finalist is amazing. Unfortunately as the collection came out in early January 2014 …
Theme Anthology sale
and yes, I’ve just signed and sent contracts for my story Jimmy’s Night In to sold to Twisty Xmas tales, a New Zealand anthology due out before Christmas. As always, I’m pleased to be selling in my own country, others may pay more, but it’s always nice to be accepted at home.
New Story sold
Yes, Bathsalts and Bedlam has just sold to Tales of the Talisman magazine, to appear in vol.10, issue 3, out in the USA in the coming winter. At my own request I get this in copies, since I normally send a copy of any suitable work to my old High School (Freyberg High in Palmerston …
Nominated for the Silver Falchion Award
I was checking on something else last week when I discovered that my collection of new Sherlock Holmes short stories (Sherlock Holmes: Repeat Business) had been nominated for the Silver Falchion Award in America. I was somewhat surprised, but really pleased. It’s nominated in the category of Best Anthology/Collection, and while I don’t expect it, …
Next Story Sold
Yes, to my delight a story I wrote for a new anthology has been accepted and contracts signed. THE WHEEL sold to Zombiefied 111 anthology which will be out from Sky Warrior Press. And one of the reasons I’m so pleased about that one is that I am also a member of the International cat …
Next Story Accepted.
and yes, I’m delighted to announce that FIREDANCER sold to FORGING FREEDOM 2 anthology. It looks likely to be a fascinating bunch of tales in that and I look forward to seeing the anthology when it appears shortly.