Genesis of a Story Part 4 -Battenberg for Tea
I've lived in the Scottish Borders for over thirty years, about fifty miles south of Edinburgh. We visit Edinburgh a lot and I couldn't count how many times I've walked…
Short stories – Interlude.
I'm breaking into my mini series on the inspiration for the stories in my new collection Dust Blowing and other Stories to consider an issue that was raised by one of…
Genesis of a story Part 3 – Celebrity Status
Celebrity Staus This story is also set in East Belfast, where I moved following my marriage. We bought a three-storey terrace house which was quite up-market of its kind -…
Story Genesis No 2. Gulls Calling
This story goes way back - it's the first story I had in print in a magazine for which I was paid the going rate. So it has a special…
Dust Blowing – Story 1.
Afghanistan is a country that has fascinated me since I was about 8 years old. The vast open spaces, the austerity of the landscape, and the relationship of that area…