James' Weblog

The six stories I wrote for ‘The three and a half day parent’ were for a new media/book project called Byteback, which basically meant readers could download work for free and ensure the romantically enduring image of writers as impoverished was sustained. In less than one year the Route online magazine (launched in Feb 2005) [...]

I wrote a story last year for a compilation called York Tales. I made the mistake of thinking that this was a serious literary event in which Chaucer would be reinterpreted for a modern audience. Consequently I went at great pains to give a modern parable that drew heavily upon an original story. This was [...]