I recently received a completely surprise review for the Five Stop Story app from Cat Nav. CatNav helps readers navigate the vast number of reading apps available in the app store. It identifies the best apps, reviews them and rates them. It gave the Five Stop Story app 10/10. See the review below. You can download […]
Have you missed the boat?
Almost a year ago, I spoke at the Bangkok Literary Festival about Five Stop Story and the state of the publishing industry. Other speakers included Ken Hom, Stephen Leather and Christopher Moore and I felt a little out of my depth. How would people respond to me, an unpublished writer who had just set up a […]
Five Stop Story Kindle Book now Live
After lots of blood, sweat and tears (all mine), the Five Stop Story Kindle book is now live. To be honest, I’m quite relieved. It took a lot more time and was a lot harder work than I expected – It seems formatting is the biggest nightmare whatever medium you publish on! Luckily I got there in the end, […]
The perfect Christmas treat: the Five Stop Story Kindle e-book
Christmas is coming, the shops are covered in lights and there is a Christmas tree on every corner. I’m in Bangkok and I never expected it to be this festive here. But it’s great – I’m loving all the good cheer and the decorations. The Thais love Christmas – I think mainly because it’s just […]
Five Stop Story iPhone and iPad App Launch
It’s been a busy month. The Five Stop Story iphone and ipad app is up and running and I’ve been in London putting flyers in bookshops, coffee shops and local libraries to encourage people to download it and discover new writers. We’ve crammed the app with features and you can browse the stories by author, […]
Working for a nightmare boss
The other day I worked from 8am in the morning to 3am the next morning. In the whole day I had 2 ten minute breaks. I was working with the app developer to finish the Five Stop Story app and get it into the app store before the end of the UK day. Since I’ve […]
UK Literary Agents – Some Help from the Writers’ Workshop
The great thing about the internet is that there is so much free content that can help writers and that is accessible to everyone. I wanted to share a great spreadsheet (I know what you’re thinking the words “great” and spreadsheet” aren’t a natural fit, but stay with me) that I found online today. The […]
Five Stop Story
Five Stop Story is the short story website I run to discover new writers. I’ve recently launched a new competition with a “travel” theme. The Five Stop Story mobile application is due for launch in September and will showcase the best short stories by up and coming writers. I thought now was as good a […]
Bangkok Literary Festival
Last weekend was the first ever Bangkok Literary festival. Organised by the Neilson Hays library, the day provided a chance to mingle with fellow writers, hear a range of informative talks about all aspects of writing and participate in writing workshops. I was very fortunate to be asked to speak at the festival. My talk […]