I began writing in 2010 just before going on an Arvon course at Moniack Mhor in Kiltarlity outside Inverness, taught by Andrew Greig (‘Hill of the Green Corries’) and Lesley Glaister (‘Blasted Things’). Since then I’ve completed an OU course in Creative Writing and attended a hugely inspirational workshop from Claire Keegan (‘Foster’).
I was first published 7 years later (always a slow learner) in the literary magazine Northwords Now with a story titled ‘The Night Visitor’ which is now ‘The Girl from the West’ in my collection on Amazon. in 2022 I had a story published in the 2022 Fish Anthology of winners from their international competitions. The highlight of my visit to Bantry for the launch was rubbing shoulders with the real murder suspect in the Netflix documentary ‘Sophie’. You can read all about it in my blog.
My most recent success was coming 2nd in the 2025 Edinburgh Short Story International Competition which attracted 2300 entries. My story was “The Winter Visitor at Garve Station” which can be read here.