Writing Projects

Prose | Scripts | Short Stories

Prose

The Piccadilly Farce

NOVEL (in progress) - Regency Comedy-Romance
London, 1817. Miss Freddy Kennedy is going to be a playwright. Before she can even get a play staged, however, her life becomes a comedy of errors, with a dash of romance thrown in.

 
 

Scripts

The Governess

60” TV ORIGINAL PILOT - Period Dramedy
Bath, 1819. A novel about a secret heiress becomes a bestseller, just as Sophia arrives to start her new post as governess, stoking gossip into scandal.

Edgar and Emma

5” SHORT FILM - Period Comedy
Based on the short story by Jane Austen

A snapshot of late eighteenth-century aristocratic absurdity. Young ingenue Emma is forlorn over a calf-love crush, while her parents prove foolishness is not restricted by age nor class.

 
 

Short Stories

Murder in the Mathematics Department

4400 words - Contemporary Comedy-Murder Mystery
The incompetencies upholding Australian universities are put to the test when a professor is found dead in his office. Thank god the WHS officer is on the case.
Honourable Mention in the 92nd Annual Writer’s Digest Writing Competition (Genre Short Story)
Ranked in the second round (top 7% of entries) for the Bridport Prize

 

Otherwise Engaged

2000 words - Regency Comedy
1816. Mr Percy “Winky” Hoodwinkle dreads dinner with his aunt, knowing an unwanted match-making attempt is headed his way. The burglar who accidentally gets invited to dinner isn’t too happy about it either.
Awarded second for the Best of Times Short Story Competition, Spring 2022