Still such a long way to go on this book, but last night/this morning was my most productive stint of fiction-writing this whole damn-hard year. I have missed that particular mind-space so...
Read MoreAnd then there’s that moment when you realise…
And then there’s that moment when you realise that what you thought was some of your best work is not quite right and will need revision.
Read MoreA Tuesday night in Johnson, Vermont
That moment when you wish you’d discovered postmodern philosophy of religion earlier.
Read MoreDay 2: View from my studio window
And a close-up:
Read MoreMy residency begins at Vermont Studio Center
Greetings from Johnson, Vermont. This is the first full day of my residency at Vermont Studio Center, and I feel so lucky and so happy to be here. Despite the things from home that I miss (well, more to the point, the people from home who I miss), there is so much to like about this residency already. However, I’ll need to save the elaboration for a...
Read MoreTom Cho vs Katherine Susannah Prichard
Following on from my blog post yesterday, Match One in Meanjin’s Tournament of Books 2012 saw my piece “Today on Dr Phil” pitted against Katherine Susannah Prichard’s “Happiness” (a story that I’ve not read – I thought that I had studied one of her novels in uni but I now realise that I haven’t actually...
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