Writing, research and projects
Over the years, I've written for online music magazines, book blogs, print and digital zines. I've produced music and spoken word events. I been a member of two theatre companies, and writer/actor/director/producer for several productions. As an actor, I've performed across the UK and been lucky enough to be in an award-winning fringe show. Solo and research-driven performance work has taken me from Leeds to Berlin, via Transylvania. Needless to say, I'm a sucker for a creative project and have always juggled working full time in marketing with a million other things.
Since 2020, I've focused largely on my writing, so this section will bring together words + publications + whatnot.
This will be fiction, creative non-fiction, and research related projects from my PhD or work as a counsellor.
My debut novel, It Comes in Waves, reached the longlisting stages for the Grindstone Literary Prize, and Society of Authors' McKitterick Prize. I am ridiculously giddy to have it out in the world and have started querying... eep.
Wild Ink
I've got a weird little story in the brilliantly titled Wild Ink Anthology, Tenpenny Dreadfuls: Tales as Hard as Nails. Release date is 10 Sept, available via usual book retailers. 50% of revenue is being donated to charity.
Dark Speculations
My flash fiction story 'She Hated People Who Kissed at the Movies' was published in Dark Speculations Volume 1: Tales of Various Shapes and Shadows.
Outsider Zine
My essay 'On Writing, reading and sobriety' appeared in Volume 1 of Outsider Zine, a collection of essays about Stephen King's work by women, non-binary and trans writers.
Underbelly Press
My nostalgic and grubby flash fiction piece '1999:Mixtapes' is included in the launch issue of Underbelly Press, available to read online.
Comma Press
Flash piece 'Look at You' appears in the Comma Press e-book Offerings: New Stories by Emerging Writers, made up of work from two short story courses run by Gaynor Jones.
One Minute Monologues
My one minute monologue Red, Amber, Green was a finalist in the 2023 Lancaster Monologue Competition.
EVENT: Horror Studies Now
I presented my research paper 'Survival and recovery: addiction and the therapeutic potential of horror writing' at the Horror Studies Now 2024 conference at Northumbria University. I'm looking forward to developing this paper further. (Side note: it was THE friendliest conference ever.)
