One time, I burned a book
This one time, when I was twelve, I burned a book. Not a book with cover – no back nor front – but a book, anyway. The book contained 112…
A poem that inspired a book
This, poem, written by Rimbaud when he was 16, inspired by Jules Verne’s Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, will inspire my next novel. Not so much the poem itself,…
The thing about thinking too much
As a creative person, as pretty much everyone is, whether realised or not, you tend to overthink everything, and when you’re not creating, you feel like you’re wasting time. At…
It’s a Giveaway!
It’s giveaway time over at Goodreads. Enter to win a copy of Floating Upstream – a real, flick-the-pages-with-your-fingers copy that you can dog ear, cry onto, underline and the rest…
A thousand million years ago
A thousand million years ago I ran away from home (for the second time out of four) and took up a room in Geelong. Pretty sure it was a big…
David Bowie, Therapy, and Live Music
What a freaking week! I LOVE change. Change is also pretty overwhelming. Right now, I have change-a-million (and a cat crawling over me). So let’s ignore that fluff and look…
Can it be true?
Researching my favourite songs of the 70s for a mix-tape I’m giving away with my book at my upcoming launch and re-discovered this one. Just saying. I remember this song,…
READ IT OUT LOUD
Holy Shitballs! Tonnes of writing advice tells us that we should read our writing out loud to see how it feels and reads. Let me tell you what’s better than…
When will I be a real writer?
At what point do you become a real writer? Is it when when it’s available on Amazon and you get your first real-life printed copy? Or, if you’re in Australia,…
Book launch… for reals
A Book Launch? Yes, A Book Launch! Join fellow author, Belinda Missen and I as we launch our debut novels on Thursday, September 24, 2015 @ Littlefoot, 223 Barkly Street, Footscray.…