Who Am I?
I am a professional writer, mainly of non-fiction and short fiction, but I have also written a couple of children’s novels (one of which, Leda, is on sale now). I am currently putting the final touches to a wee novella called Vermin. You may have seen some of my stories in First Edition Magazine (Mar 2009), Flash (Apr 2009 & 2010), Ruthless Peoples Magazine (Oct 2009), The People’s Friend (Apr 10th, 2010), and the Imagining Scotland website (May 2011), as well as in a number of anthologies.
I also write pieces of high-quality factual and academic work, as well as shorter pieces for Suite101. I co-authored a report on Living, Working and Spirituality in Glasgow. Being a pernickety sort of person, I’m also a good proofreader and copy editor. If you’re interested in having my red pen applied to your work, or in ordering new writing, see my page on commissioning work from me.
You can see samples of my fiction and non-fiction work here, or you might want to check out the blog for flash fiction, reviews, rants and so on.
If you’ve clicked through from Suite101.com you might like to see my more idiosyncratic take on Ancient History, or if from Writer’s Podium try some more mildly humorous thoughts.
News
My children’s novel, Leda, was released in February. It was shortlisted for the Scripture Union Fiction Prize in 2007. It is available as an ebook and paperback. More details here.
My short story “A Recipe for Summer” was recently published in the Cwrtnewydd Scribblers 2011 Anthology, A Way With Words and a piece of flash fiction, “Laser Eye Surgery”, was published in the Earlyworks Flash Fiction Anthology 2011/12, Writing on Water. My awfully good story “Cheque 100″ was just longlisted for the Words with Jam short story competition 2012, but sadly still languishes without being published.
My Background
I am a graduate of the University of St Andrews, Scotland’s first university. I was awarded first class honours in Ancient History, and I also have a Diploma of Higher Education (DipHE) in Theology from International Christian College.
My name is Albanian (everybody asks). I lived and worked in Albania for a number of years but I am now based in my home town of Glasgow, Scotland. The long-term plan is to move back to Albania.
