Tallander's Apprentice is my first published novel. More?
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And here's a taste of my new, not-yet- published novel.  |
Finally, here's an article I wrote about getting short stories accepted for publication. |
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Brian Phillips Online |
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For the longest time I believed I’d never write short stories. I was always more interested in novels. But that all changed in 1999, when I attended a full time writing course taught by renowned short story writer Owen Marshall. Ever since then, I’ve held a fascination for the shorter form. I've also had a bit of success: Showman won the Western Districts Short Story competition in 1999 A walk around the back yard gained third prize in the Western Districts Short Story competition in 2001 Threads gained third prize in the Auswrite Short Story Competition in 2006 Damien's Art won the Rawene short story competition in 2006 I've only included the national and international competitions above, but I've also won or placed in numerous smaller competitions (I can't remember them all off hand), and had stories published in magazines and newspapers and a few broadcast on radio. And just to round it out, I've regularly been a writing competition judge, and I once won a nationwide bad writing competition as well.As for the two stories I've included, “Apple” is the first fantasy short story I ever wrote, and I just like “A Boat in a Glass Case”. Whereas both Tallander’s Apprentice and Apple are for younger readers, A Boat in a Glass Case was written for adults. Both stories have been published, Apple in Write Now magazine, and A Boat in a Glass Case in Takahe magazine. Apple A Boat in a Glass Case |
I live and work in New Zealand, which is on the opposite side of the world from just about everywhere else. More?
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I'm also a freelance writer, editor and trainer. My professional website can be found here. |
© Brian Phillips 2006