Writers can be a teeny bit evil. I’ve had lots of comments from readers of my book of short stories, Undercurrents, that many of the characters are left in difficult situations. This is true. So, just for fun, who in my stories are you most worried about? • Nev with his strange co-worker• Little Fish Boy• The new mother• Jan and her sticky departure• The man on the bench• Charles and Mary in their shrinking world Someone else? Let me know in the comments below. Want to read a few of my stories online? Take a look here.

Where does writing inspiration come from? Sometimes it can be a single, simple memory

Cake as writing inspiration, does it work for you? My characters in Undercurrents eat a lot of cake. Is that art imitating life?