about me

I'm 26 and started writing a few years ago. In 2007 I graduated with Distinction from an MA in Professional Writing and since then I've been working on my novel, From The Darkness, about a man who discovers that his estranged son of 15 years is in prison.

The first three chapters were up on this site for a couple of months earlier this year and the feedback I received was really encouraging and helpful.

I removed them in November because I found it hard to write while managing to reciporicate reads. I'm working on a complete first draft at the moment and hope to have it completed by June.

In the meantime, I'm hanging around on here to read a little and comment. I like to think that I offer constructive criticism, and hope that it's accepted in this way. I think people often believe that if a fellow writer picks holes, they believe their own work to be perfect. For me, at least, this isn't the case. It's likely I'm just picking up on something that's been suggested to me and would appreciate being pointed out in my own writing.

favourite books

Quite a few, but recently read include the following:

‘The Hours’ by Michael Cunningham

‘Now and Then’ by William Corlett

The ‘Tales of the City’ series and anything else by Armistead Maupin

‘How to be Lost’ by Amanda Eyre Ward

‘The Five People You Meet In Heaven’ by Mitch Albom

‘This Book Will Save Your Life’ and ‘The End Of Alice’ by A.M Homes

‘The Blackwater Lightship’ by Colm Toibin

‘What Was Lost’ by Catherine O’Flynn

‘Rose Madder’ and ‘Carrie’ by Stephen King

my websites

http://the-flashiest-fiction.blogspot.com