“Sometimes I am afraid for people like you who have to know things. Your kind will dig and hunt and worry at it until one day you will find what is hidden, waiting for you.” Date Completed: 256 Page Length: September 12 2017 Goodreads I house sat for my aunt and uncle the other weekend. …
Ending: A Short Story
Someone knocked on my front door. From my bedroom window I could see a dash of blonde hair but nothing else. Another knock. And again. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. When I opened the door she pushed inside, grabbed me by the throat and shoved me against the exposed brick wall. She loomed over me. …
The Unbearable Lightness of Being – Milan Kundera
“A person who longs to leave the place where he lives is an unhappy person.' Date Completed: August 13 2017 Page Length: 320 Goodreads The Unbearable Lightness of Being was, for me, one of those books that you’ve heard of but don’t know anything about. Someone had probably mentioned it at uni, and I know a …
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Letters From the Road: Gold Coast
Dear Dreamers, It's good to have family. Especially family that happen to live along the south east coast of QLD and can put you up on your way to NSW. My cousin in Brisbane and my aunt and uncle on the Gold Coast did (and continue to do) that. We've been wined and dined and …
American Gods – Neil Gaiman
"People populate the darkness; with ghosts, with gods, with electrons, with tales. People imagine and people believe: and it is that belief, that rock-solid belief, that makes things happen." Date Completed: June 18 2017 Page Length: 635 Goodreads If you've been following my Letters From the Road you'll know I've been reading Neil Gaiman's American Gods …
Letters from the Road: Townsville
Dear Dreamers, I don't know what to tell you. A lot has happened since last I wrote. We've stayed at Monto, Lindley's Crossing, Marlborough, Boulder Creek, Bowen River Hotel, and now a lovely property just north of Townsville. We've seen things too; pop up communities of hippie revelers, masses of brahman cattle mustered over Bowen …
Letters from the Road: Bundaberg
Dear Dreamers, Mat, Snoop and I spent the last week in Bundaberg. A town known for many things, rum, sugar, ginger beer and turtles. Got to say, it’s been friggin’ great. We had some rainy days but were glad not to be camping and it was never cold. Avoiding winter by continually driving north is …
On Reading: ‘The Thing in the Forest’ by A.S. Byatt
Packing up my parents house has been a long, grueling process. Something that has made it even longer but far less grueling is the discover and rediscover of books. You may have seen my Picture Book post on Twitter recently. https://twitter.com/SarahRHFallon/status/850583823632842752 Another book I discovered during my hours of bookshelf emptying and box packing …
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Helping Hand – Flash Fiction
There was a little girl who lived on the streets. She made what money she could from selling wild flowers, collecting them at dawn by the river bank far out of town. She made enough money to feed herself and, in time, to purchase a woven wicker basket allowing her to collect and …
Top 4 Writing Books for Non-Beginners
It’s an interesting feeling, realising you’ve progressed past the ‘how to’ writing books on your shelf. Those books that explain what point of view is and the difference between plotting and pantsing. Deciding to write a novel recently, I pulled down a few of these long-forgotten tomes and found they couldn’t help me. Not anymore. …
