Blog Posts

  • How fanfic made me love writing again

          A year ago I did a thing I thought I was done with forever. I posted some fanfiction on a well-known fanfiction site. I’d spent a couple of days writing a story in my head and in between other things at the weekend, I wrote it down and decided to share it. …

  • Welcome (back) to the Rock

     ‘You are here, at the start of a moment’ Those words in ‘Come From Away’ never felt more true.  495 days after last being in a West End theatre, 495 days after last seeing a musical, 495 days without theatre. And ‘You are here…’ I’ve been lucky, I’ve had a lot of magical nights in…

  • Love That Journey For Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitts Creek- out now!

    Love That Journey For Me: The Queer Revolution of Schitts Creek- out now!

    My book, ‘Love That Journey For Me, The Queer Revolution of Schitt’s Creek’ is out now. Published by 404 Ink, as part of their Inklings series, a brand new non-fiction series of books that capture big ideas in a compact way. Love That Journey For Me dives deep into the cultural sensation of Canadian comedy-drama…

  • Write Like You\'re Running Out of Time

    Last week my book went out into the world. And I’m really proud. I’m also really touched at people telling me how it resonated- whether their own thoughts on the TV show or on Queerness or whatever. That’s what I wanted to say and that’s what is making me so happy.  Of course, I had…

  • Love that Journey for me…on a writing a book

    When I was in Year 9 or maybe Year 10 of school, my English teacher wrote in my report ‘I look forward to reading your first book.’  I’m not entirely sure that Mr Evans, teaching in my slightly skanky High School under Section 28 quite anticipated my first book being about a Canadian TV show…