Currently writing
My work in progress, Return to the Auberge (working title), is a mystery set in the south of France, stretching across two decades.
I began my writing journey in April 2016, and have loved every second of it. The challenge to fit writing around raising two young children and a day job is like pouring water into a jar packed with pebbles: possible, if at first seemingly insurmountable.
I’m in the process of perfecting my manuscript before querying agents.
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Short stories and flash fiction
‘Safely Behind Bars’ (500 words, Writing Battle Spring 2025 submission)
‘Dicey Dinner’ (250 words, Writing Battle Summer 2025 submission)
‘Waterloo Smile’ (1,000 words, Writing Battle Fear Flash Fiction 2025 submission)
‘Melody’s Gene Spa’ (1,000 words, Writing Battle tempest Owl 2026 submission)
‘Top-secret journal of Thomas Harvey Buxton, aged ten and two months’ (1,000 words, Writing Battle Tempest Raven 2026 submission)
Writing competitions
I reached the final 32 in Writing Battle with my story Melody’s Gene Spa (out of 195, so in top 16%).
I’ve reached the final 64 in Writing Battle twice:
- ‘Safely Behind Bars’ (out of 277, so in top 23%)
- ‘Dicey Dinner’ (out of 413, so in top 15%)
I’ve received two Writing Battle honourable mentions (missing making it out of my ‘house’ to the final rounds by one point) for ‘Waterloo Smile’ and ‘Top-secret journal of Thomas Harvey Buxton, aged ten and two months’
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