Struggling to keep up.
There’s been a feeling brewing for quite some time, and I don’t know if I’d ever have been able to put voice to it without watching Jessie Gender’s latest long-form essay “The Stories Fascism Fears Most.” There’s a LOT in there, but what moved me most was the parting words. The passion, the truth, the […]
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 […]
It’s bad enough that the kiosk errored out when I tried to change the drinks from Coke to Vanilla Coke, then barfed on printing. At least the order got through to the staff. SPOILERS: Not that it mattered! After an 11-minute wait, they call my number. I know it was 11-minutes because there’s a timer […]
Hard to believe that one of the biggest things to happen to me in my Writing Journey is something I haven’t talked about in here at all. I recently had the honour of being included in the 100 Micro Memoirs from 100 WA Authors. Ourselves, the first anthology of its kind in Australia, Put together […]
I’ve always respected news media types that stick their neck out there. That talk shit and back it up. Stan Grant’s always been a favourite of mine for these very things. When it came time to crown a new king, I was surprised at how excited everyone was for it, while completely ignoring the fact […]
And he can get fucked. It’s a tale as old as time: He’s good at sport, therefore we should just let him do as he pleases. The ABC is clearly a fan of his with the first in a two-part documentary getting masturbated all over their website and social media. An article about a documentary […]
Are you tired of political correctness? That’s because you’re viewing treating others with respect and equality as something that’s politically-motivated. It’s also because you don’t like being told to change how you think or what you call things, because change is scary. Your insecurity is so strong that you experience strong anxiety at the idea […]
I’m not sure why I don’t put more in here about my writing, especially since it’s such a significant part of my life. I think I’ve wanted to try and balance my interactions with the world in a one-to-one sense (like emails) and a broader sense (like Facebook or blog posts). I’d be lying if […]
I am crippled. Broken. I have various bits of my body that don’t work well anymore. Some of them are my doing, living the life I did. Some of them are an accident of birth, genetics, fate. Neither of those differences ultimately matter though. What matters is pain. Getting out of bed is pain. Getting […]
After bravely donning masks, goinking our hands with “anitiser” at every entrance, and exit, for months. Nay, YEARS. We have finally fallen. I have the younger one trained well, he dutifully puts his hands out when he sees me getting a goink from the hand sanitiser stations at the front of stores, and he always […]