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March 2025 Update – Awards, Writing Groups and Go Fourth
It’s been a quieter month, but that’s not to say there have been no developments. Firstly, you can still vote for Work “Fur” Hire in the General section of the Ursa Major Awards. If you haven’t yet voted, please do. Meanwhile, nominations are still open for the Cóyotl Awards where Work “Fur” Hire is eligible…
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2024 Awards Season – The Next Stage
The Ursa Major Awards have moved on to the voting stage and Work “Fur” Hire is on the shortlist in the General category. I have three stories in this anthology and it would be fantastic if it won so if you are so inclined, please vote. In the meantime, the Cóyotl Awards are now at…
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February 2025 Update – Awards, AO3 and Website
It’s been a rather busy month, despite spending half of it back in the UK visiting family and friends. I’ve been working on three anthology submissions in February, with the first drafts of two of them completed in the last week. They are now off with beta readers, while I have just started the third…
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Scotiacon 2025 – Magical Mayhem
After a week of attacks from the right-wing press, there was a sense of trepidation going into Scotiacon, but the convention itself was a huge success. The attacks began the previous Sunday through a rather benign, albeit inaccurate, article in a Scottish tabloid newspaper. Things snowballed from there, with the British press getting increasingly extreme…
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2024 Awards Season
Well, it’s that time of year again as both the Ursa Majors and Cóyotl Awards are open for nominations. I thought I would have more to offer this year, but the only stories I had published in 2024 were in the Work “Fur” Hire anthology. Please nominate this for Best General/Other Literary Work in the…
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January 2025 Update – Stories, SoFurry and Scotiacon
It’s been a very fruitful month, largely because I have spent most of January indoors hiding from the cold. This has meant I’ve had plenty of time to work on stories and I am now caught up, having not quite achieved the goals I set for myself for the end of 2024. I have submitted…
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The New Year
The start of a new year is a good opportunity to reflect on the past and look ahead to the future. I am content with my writing in 2024 although, as ever, I wish I could dedicate more time to it. I wrote 70,000 words over the course of the year, although half of that…
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Goodreads
One of the things I learned at MFF was the importance of reviewing. Recommending a book is a good way of promoting a writer as it encourages others to check out what they have written. This is something I can easily do to help support the furry writing community. Consequently, I have set up an…
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MFF
I have just visited MFF for the first time. I’ll write a full report on my Dreamwidth over the coming days. I found it incredibly stimulating to attend a large number of writing panels and meet some furry writers too. I don’t think I have ever been to a con with such a large writing…
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Work “Fur” Hire
On Monday, Edwin@Work released the Work “Fur” Hire anthology, which contains 21 animal-themed short stories based around getting a job. Part entertaining, part educational, the aim of the book is to provide people who are job searching with tips and tricks. This has been published ahead of Edwin’s Job Searching panel at MFF on Saturday…
