In what is probably my last festival gig for the year, I’m going to be speaking at the Brimbank Literary Festival. This festival goes from 13-24 September and it has some good events in the program. The ones that especially caught my eye: Ana Kokkinos featuring in the opening event and a narrative in comics workshop. (In case you don’t know,...
Read More‘A’ is also for ‘Apps’
Last week saw the release of two iPhone Apps that I’m associated with. It’s literature, but not as we know it. (Not that I ever knew literature very well, really.) One of the apps is by the crew from Sleepers Publishing. They’ve released a Sleepers Publishing app. Because I was published in a Sleepers Almanac a few years ago, two of my...
Read MoreOver-reaching
Well, I have finally finished a draft of the first piece that I’ve written for my new book. Oh, it was such a difficult piece to write. I feel embarrassed that it took me so long to write it, but I have also learned so much from writing it. I also reckon that what I was trying to do has a pretty high level of difficulty. It was one of those...
Read MoreIt’s my pity party and I’ll cry if I want to
Currently struggling with writing the ending of this story. Dolly Parton’s version of “I Will Always Love You” is my mournful soundtrack.
Read MorePublishing… The Whole Shebang
Oops. I forgot to mention here that I’m speaking at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival tomorrow. (It wasn’t part of a prank – I genuinely forgot.) I’ll be speaking for half an hour about applying for arts funding. Here are some details for the event: Publishing… The Whole Shebang A day-long overview of the complete spectrum...
Read MoreGetting closer
I’ve written 3605 words so far for this story, the first one in the new book. It is certainly one of the most difficult pieces I’ve ever written. I should have noticed a red flag of warning when I began reading all those articles about the indescribability of God. Oh well. Anyway, today, I think I finally finished one of the really pivotal...
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