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Short Story Included in the Burnham Book Festival 2025 Competition Anthology
Hello hello, I’m chuffed to announce a short story of mine is in the 2025 Burnham Book Festival competition anthology. The story is called The Archive for Fair Folk Studies’ Anthology of Twenty-First Century Research into Fairies in the UK: An Account of Somerset Pixies (what a title). The Burnham Book Festival is a fantastic…
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Half Price Ebook for Read an Ebook Week (until 8th March)
Hello, As part of the Smashwords Read an Ebook week, you can get the Rotting Trees ebook at a 50% discount until 8th March, with the code EBW50. That’s less than $4! You can find Rotting Trees here, and browse the entire sale catalogue – hundreds of books! – here. As always, if you’re interested…
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New Short Story & ‘Rotting Trees’ is out!
Hello lovely readers, Two good things in a week? It must mean January is finally over. Firstly, my newest short story, Embracing Tradition, is on Patreon for the No. 1 Readers’ Club now. It will be on my stories blog on 17th February, but with 50% off your first month’s membership throughout Feb, why wait…
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Signed copies of ‘Rotting Trees’ at Books-on-Sea
Hello and happy solstice, You can now find limited numbers of signed Rotting Trees paperbacks in Books-on-Sea, which is the only indie bookshop in central Southend-on-Sea and, since you’re asking, one of the city’s best hidden gems. Also, Sophey Cartwright would love it. So next time you’re in Southend high street, pop along to Alexandra…
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Sensitivity Reading & Manuscript Appraisal
Hi hi, I’m officially (re)launching my manuscript appraisal and sensitivity reading for those of you who are querying literary agents and want a second pair of eyes on your query letters or materials, or those of you who are embarking on self publishing and want to do your due diligence in terms of sensitivity/authenticity reading.…
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