Struggling to keep up.
Types of Communities There are all kinds of communities for writers in Australia, I’d reckon, but mostly what I’ve found is either Facebook Groups or actual organisations. My experiences with both are hit-and-miss. Groups Hits happen when I’m on a FB group that does more than just post memes about how writing makes you crazy […]
Another Furious Fiction entry. This one was for January and had to do with First Day on the Job. Each story had to take place on a character’s FIRST DAY OF A NEW JOB. Each story had to include something being stolen. Each story had to include the words TRIP, TRIANGLE and TSUNAMI. All in […]
This was my entry for the Louie Award put on by the Australian Crime Writers Association. A 500-word challenge that usually has a one-word theme. The one for 2024 was “Artificial Intelligence”. ** Her partner looked pointedly at her, squinting his eyes hard the way he did when he was either thinking too hard or […]
I don’t know that I’d call it Writer’s Block, as I don’t necessarily feel blocked, per se. I just don’t really feel like taking part in the act of writing. I have stories, I have ideas, I have details to add to worlds I’ve created and I have ambitions to submit novels and short stories […]
There’s a bone chip in my ankle, just floating in there, about the size of a 5-cent piece. It’s been there for just over 30 years, and it hurts now and again. I’ve lived more of my life with it there than without. I didn’t even know about it until years after the incident when […]