In the age of celebrity there are some people who are ubiquitous. They're everywhere, as brands, images, and products. Sometimes I doubt they're real because everything about them is scripted, stage-managed and flatteringly lit. Beyond noting their fabulous success and wealth, I have little interest in these people, and in people as commodities full stop. … Continue reading In a world of pure corporatisation
Month: August 2016
Marginalia Code
I'm not against eBooks or technology. In may ways they are preferable to bits of paper and cardboard. I remember thinking this the last time I moved, for instance. However, there are benefits to physical books for writers. One of my favourite second-hand book stores is cosy and full of interesting texts, but it does … Continue reading Marginalia Code
Review: Crimson Peak
It's big news in Australia that apparently Tom Hiddleston is here filming the eleventy billionth Marvel film, Thor: Ragnarok. Although, I'm wishing it was just Ragnarok. In a not completely unrelated event, I finally got around to watching the luscious looking but ultimately ultra-Freudian Gothic-by-numbers Crimson Peak. It's a bit like Phantom of the Opera, … Continue reading Review: Crimson Peak
Navigating the forest of writing tasks
At best, addressing the other jobs a writer is required to do took up an occasional discussion in the writing courses I have completed. I don't mean day jobs either. I mean the promotion, blogs, virtual or real reader engagement and blurbs that take up so much time. Of course bios are ubiquitous and get … Continue reading Navigating the forest of writing tasks
Abracadabra
In headline news: a story published and a story submitted and a story rejected. I definitely got the feels all the kids are talking about. Should you wish to read my little story please follow this link. It is entitled Thoth for reasons that will soon become apparent should you mosey over to the Fewer than … Continue reading Abracadabra
Review: Suicide Squad
Suicide Squad felt like a long introduction, followed by a self-generated plot, all to lead up to the next Batman film. I think the writers and producers should have taken notice of the marketing and lead ins for Marvel's Deadpool and ripped them off so as to knowingly set Squad up as a tale of multiple twisted love … Continue reading Review: Suicide Squad
A break in the weather
I'm tired today, and have been unaccountably sad when I have no reason to be. I'm full to the brim of doubt and what ifs and why should Is and what's the point of it all. It's a mood I suppose, or a personality pitfall. It'll pass. All moods do, even the most bleak. Of … Continue reading A break in the weather
Locavore
I enjoy over thinking the latest (or latest I can be bothered with catching up with) in genre fiction from Hollywood as much as anyone. So Star Trek Beyond was a good time, and across a couple of days I enjoyed Matt Damon sciencing the sh*t out of stuff in The Martian. I only just … Continue reading Locavore
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