I read ‘A Strong Urge To Fly’ from Alan Baxter’s collection Crow Shine last night on the train home from … More
Category: Think
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 … More
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 … More
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 … More
NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 19
I was watching Paul Kelly Live at the Sydney Opera House (on TV) last night and during an interview he … More
Chronology of my writing self
I read Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes, a novel full of full of chronologies, bestiaries and other clever discourse devices, … More
Strong Women
In 2015 I was enjoying Sunil Badami’s blog posts on Southerly. One in particular made me think. The first paragraph read … More
Greed and Fear
A friend said to me the other day, every decision we make is governed either by fear or greed (I’m … More
What does writing add to the world?
When I was considering a thesis topic as part of my Masters degree I had the following conversation with my … More
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 … More