The first of August 2012 will witness the release of my first short story collection, Lost in the Dark.

The collection will contain twelve of my best stories to date, including Portico, which is being turned into a movie here in South Africa. Some of the stories have been previously published, and some were written specifically for this collection. The overall theme is one of lost hope.

In a later blog I’ll go into each story a bit more, but the overall line-up will basically cont...

If my work is criticised it is often based around the use of grammar. People, it seems, get very twitchy when you make a decision to test its boundaries. How this translates to those who troll around on the various forums and post reviews that appear to seek only to dismiss the independent writer, is proof positive that the English/American written word is in decline. Often, such comments fi...

Imagination has never been my problem as a writer, but since I started writing one thing really bothered me – finding my own voice. I’ve been obsessed with finding my own voice. Now I say screw it, and thanks to J.A Konrath for telling it like it is: Story comes first. I know I’ve heard and read this a bunch of times, but only after reading one of his short story collections, I’ve pretty much seen the light.

Isn’t it strange how many times you read or hear advice, thinking you ...