One of my friends told me when I became pregnant, you’re a researcher, you’ll do your research and you’ll figure…
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Writing on the Train
For four months now, I’ve been commuting full time to Sydney. My commute is long, about two hours uninterrupted train…
2018 in Review
I write this on the early train to Sydney. It’s my first day back at my new job, at a…
On Reading ‘A Strong Urge To Fly’ by Alan Baxter
I read ‘A Strong Urge To Fly’ from Alan Baxter’s collection Crow Shine last night on the train home from…
Writing Practice, Like Actual Practice
I’m a lazy writer. Sometime in the last year, I don’t when, I decided I didn’t need to work at…
VLOG: Editing Short Stories
Last week I spent a beautiful sunny Thursday editing one of my short stories. I’d gotten some great feedback from…
4 questions to ask before you give up on a story
I get it. Rejection is tough. Sometimes you start to wonder, is my story good enough? Is it good at…
Writing Exercise: The Buffy Effect
I was watching reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer recently and it occurred to me that it would make an…
Arranging Short Story Collections
Hello Dreamers, I’ve been knocked out with the flu for the last week so forgive me if this post is…
How I wrote a crime story when I’m a fantasy writer
When I won the Thuderbolt Prize for Crime Writing last year a lot of people started to think of me…
