...In my sixties! I've always loved writing. For my personal enjoyment (and therapy) I've kept a journal for over forty years and I wrote...

"Oh no, this is not good." "I am a terrible writer!" "No-one will ever read my writing." "I don't think I can do this." "Who do I think I...

With the general election nearly upon us in the UK, many are ruminating about this government’s track record, whilst also anticipating...

Today is Sunday 5th May 2024. It's a day I will remember as I have just taken my last ever dose of the anti-depressant paroxetine. After...

May 6th 2024 sees the start of the first Trans History Week. In this article, I take a look at how trans, non-binary and gender fluid...

In order to write, we need to be able to master many things. Our brain generates thoughts which we organise into ideas that we then...

In this article I explore what the word woke means to different people. I look at the historical context and also at what's happening to...

Some people seem very sure of their sexual preferences from an early age, some are confused for many years, and some change their minds...

Introduction Like many unsuspecting and naive aspiring authors, I paid no attention whatsoever to the concept of marketing my book when I...

It's not an easy subject, but with hate speech against LGBT+ people on the rise, it's something that has to be addressed. Just exactly...

And why I will never stop speaking out LGBT+ people in the UK have gained, for the first time in modern history, the same rights and...

It is well documented that writing can be extremely therapeutic, and I have always personally found this to be the case. In this slightly...

And why I am worried about the rights of our LGBT+ young people “Children require no set instruction in the physiology of sex as a...

In this blog, I explore what beta reading is, what it isn't, and how I go about doing it. Finally, I offer my thoughts on why others...

From prosecution to protection When I was born in the early 1960s, it was illegal for two men to have sex with each other in this country....

Learning, listening and meeting your younger self Warning: contains references to abuse Researching for my book Bent Is Not Broken...

I was a teenage "fag hag." That was the original working title of my book before it was published, but nowadays the term "fag hag" is...

You've written your manuscript! You've spent months, possibly years, slogging away to get this creation from the point where it exists...

This picture used to haunt me. It was taken in 1970 and published in the county-wide Kent Messenger newspaper. I am the child caught in a...

And why it has to stop Last night, I started watching the docu-drama series Alexander on Netflix. The opening scenes explained the...