02/08/2026
For my recent readings, I had the phone set up to one side recording another angle, so I could cut between it and the camcorder that was looking straight on. When I got the footage into the editing program, I realised the colour balance was completely different between the two.
I could've graded the phone's output to make it match the camera's, but that felt too much like hard work. This is a still frame from the phone, to give you some idea of what it might've looked like.
I still have a couple of readings from those sessions to edit, so I might give it a go after all.
01/08/2026
Seaside Shuffle: A Blackpool Anthology is on sale today! Over 50 stories, poems and memoirs about Blackpool, that famous seaside place. Thanks to everyone who pre-ordered. If you haven't go your copy yet, you can order it at your favourite online retailer.
My contribution, The Misadventure of the Lion's Ear, is on page 76. If you're familiar with my work, you might be surprised to learn that it's one of the shorter stories in the book :-)
31/07/2026
What I did in July, hurrah!
July's Writing Progress and Seaside Shuffle Release
The anthology that I mentioned a while back goes on sale on Saturday 1st August. It's called Seaside Shuffle, and is a collection of stories, poems a...
29/07/2026
I just sent the August edition of my newsletter to subscribers. No short story this month, but lots of other goodies. Subscribe and see for yourself what all the fuss is about -
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