This message arrived in my inbox the other day.
With deep regret I’m writing to say there will be no 2008 issue of LiNQ. The general editor has unable to gain funding, and the University has not provided staff support or other assistance. We are therefore unable to produce any further issues of the journal.
With LiNQ [...]

After a few mad last-minute tweaks, the new novel is now dispatched for competition. I would have liked to get an appraisal (and the associated editorial raking over hot coals) before doing this, but you never know when you might fluke a win.
This brings me to the point of this post. Competitions are strange beasts. [...]

A digital short story by Simon Groth
Price: $1.50
What happened to Emily? Last night she was an irreverent graduand, my best friend from the first day of lectures. Today she is a shell, virtually empty, a collection of injuries in a hospital bed. Last night Emily graduated. Maybe today she will see me in a different [...]

Okay, the novel is finished. Sort of.
The last few weeks have been a blur of activity including the obligatory trip to OfficeWorks to have the title of your manuscript scrutinised by a pimply geek with a lisp, the last minute panic as you realise you’ve forgotten to give the final chapter a title, confusion over [...]