Portfolio
Publications
Burning love and bleeding hearts: dark and dangerous Valentine's Day tales, edited by Louise Zedda-Sampson and Chris Mason, Things in the well, 2020
'Bowl the maidens over', The yorker, Melbourne Cricket Club, 2019
'Something extra', Guilty pleasures and other dark delights, Things in the well , 2019
'Broken', Guilty pleasures and other dark delights, Things in the well, 2019
'Finding your tribe' The Victorian writer, 30th birthday edition, Writers Victoria , 2019
'The forgotten sea', Issue 250, Antipodean SF, 2019
'A cat amongst', Issue 243 Antipodean SF, 2018
'What's left behind', Issue 73 Somers Paper Nautilus, 2018
'Santa's slay', Hell's bells, 2016
'Book review -Punctuation..? by User Design', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2016
'Tohby Riddle's the greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar: book review', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2016
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part three', This is horror, 2016
'Book review - Making a point: the pernickety story of English punctuation by David Crystal', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2015
'The cup, the cricket and the custodians', The yorker, December 2015
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part two', This is horror, 2015
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part one', This is horror, 2015
'A brief history of English spelling', Infusion 53, 2015
'A sea of green', Infusion 53, 2015
'The cave', Infusion 53, 2015
'Is U a word or do you spell it with a Z?: English spelling in Australian schools – are we getting it write?', Literacy learning: the middle years, vol 21, issue 2, ALEA, 2013
'The stranger', Story tree, Ballarat Uni Press, 2013
'Bowl the maidens over', The yorker, Melbourne Cricket Club, 2019
'Something extra', Guilty pleasures and other dark delights, Things in the well , 2019
'Broken', Guilty pleasures and other dark delights, Things in the well, 2019
'Finding your tribe' The Victorian writer, 30th birthday edition, Writers Victoria , 2019
'The forgotten sea', Issue 250, Antipodean SF, 2019
'A cat amongst', Issue 243 Antipodean SF, 2018
'What's left behind', Issue 73 Somers Paper Nautilus, 2018
'Santa's slay', Hell's bells, 2016
'Book review -Punctuation..? by User Design', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2016
'Tohby Riddle's the greatest Gatsby: a visual book of grammar: book review', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2016
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part three', This is horror, 2016
'Book review - Making a point: the pernickety story of English punctuation by David Crystal', Editors Victoria newsletter, 2015
'The cup, the cricket and the custodians', The yorker, December 2015
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part two', This is horror, 2015
'Voluntarily committed: my stay in a haunted asylum part one', This is horror, 2015
'A brief history of English spelling', Infusion 53, 2015
'A sea of green', Infusion 53, 2015
'The cave', Infusion 53, 2015
'Is U a word or do you spell it with a Z?: English spelling in Australian schools – are we getting it write?', Literacy learning: the middle years, vol 21, issue 2, ALEA, 2013
'The stranger', Story tree, Ballarat Uni Press, 2013
Awards and Mentions
2020 - 'Fragments' Longlisted - Furious Fiction March 2018
2018 - 'What's left behind' Highly Commended - Somers Paper Nautilus 2018 short story competition
2018 - 'What's left behind' Highly Commended - Somers Paper Nautilus 2018 short story competition
Memberships and other industry-specific experience
Memberships and Associations
Writers Victoria member, 2012 to current
Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), professional member, 2017 to current
Editors Victoria member, 2016 to current
Australasian Horror Writers Association member, 2013 to current
Freelance Editors Network (FEN), 2017 to current
Australian Society of Authors, 2017 to current
Additional publishing industry experience
Australasian Horror Writers Association short story judge, 2019
Founder and Director, Novel Retreats, writers retreats, 2018 to current
Founder and Director, Novel Solutions, 2015 to current
SQ Mag submissions reader, 2014 to 2018
Australasian Horror Writers Association Mentorship Coordinator, 2016 to 2017
Editors Victoria (as a branch of IPEd) Mentorship Coordinator, 2016 to 2017
Australasian Horror Writers Association Membership Officer, 2016 to 2017
Past editor at IFWG Publishing and IFWG Publishing International, 2014 to 2016
Australian Shadows Awards Judge, 2015 and 2016
Writers Victoria member, 2012 to current
Institute of Professional Editors (IPEd), professional member, 2017 to current
Editors Victoria member, 2016 to current
Australasian Horror Writers Association member, 2013 to current
Freelance Editors Network (FEN), 2017 to current
Australian Society of Authors, 2017 to current
Additional publishing industry experience
Australasian Horror Writers Association short story judge, 2019
Founder and Director, Novel Retreats, writers retreats, 2018 to current
Founder and Director, Novel Solutions, 2015 to current
SQ Mag submissions reader, 2014 to 2018
Australasian Horror Writers Association Mentorship Coordinator, 2016 to 2017
Editors Victoria (as a branch of IPEd) Mentorship Coordinator, 2016 to 2017
Australasian Horror Writers Association Membership Officer, 2016 to 2017
Past editor at IFWG Publishing and IFWG Publishing International, 2014 to 2016
Australian Shadows Awards Judge, 2015 and 2016