What with jetting about the interweb on the blog tour and sorting out the local book launch, I quite forgot to post a link to the post I wrote for the MMU Novella blog, in which I talk about why I think Beside the Sea is an important work that deserves and demands to be read. Please, read the post then go and buy the book. It’s challenging reading but also essential.

And if novellas are your thing and especially if you are planning to enter the MMU Novella competition, you should check out the many other great posts by some darn great writers, all about the novellas they think are worth your valuable reading time.

Once you’re done there, check out the latest live links on my Looking Out of Broken Windows Blog Tour:

• Monday 3rd March – we kick of today with Carys Bray interviewing me about how/why I started writing
• Thursday 6th March – Nik Perring hosts My Life in Short Fiction with me, Dan Powell
• Monday 10th March – my first editor and long time friend Jodi Cleghorn interviews me about the difference between crafting a collection and writing single stories
• Thursday 13th March – the beautiful and brilliant Bookcunt reviews the collection
• Saturday 15th March – The official lauch post on this here humble blog
• Monday 17th March – I pop round to Vanessa Gebbie’s blog to talk about the role that music plays in my writing process
• Thursday 20th March – Neil Baker interviews me on the tools with which I craft my stories
• Monday 24th March – I visit with Tania Hershman to talk about where I write
• Thursday 27th March – Sara Crowley interviews me about, amongst other things, my favourite type of biscuit
• Monday 31st March – and last, but certainly not least, I stop by Nuala Ní Chonchúir’s blog for a chat

Onwards.