I began a story for a particular call out for submissions. In a keenly felt tragedy of non-epic proportions I lost what I wrote in the first draft mid way through. I managed to start again and finished it. Mind you, I wasn't going to, but the ideas for this project kept percolating. What I … Continue reading Writing somebody else’s world
Month: February 2017
100 words before sleep
I couldn't sleep last night. Not for hours. So I wrote a Drabble for a contest over at 10 Minute Novelists, and the more likes it gets the more chance I have of winning (renown I think). A Drabble (named for Margaret Drabble) is a story that is exactly 100 words long and this contest had … Continue reading 100 words before sleep
Month of Sundays
The Drop by Drawing class on Sundays at the National Gallery of Victoria concluded. I miss it already. Last Sunday wasn't the same. For one, there was foster kittens, but mainly, I missed arting about. However, I can safely say my month of Sundays was a revelation. It's provided an official sanction, or permission for two … Continue reading Month of Sundays
No one view
Tis said there is only one view of Sydney, a vista that encompasses the Harbour, the harbour's old coat hanger of a bridge and the Opera House. Of course they are much-loved and instantly identifiable everywhere, even if our Prime Minister is not so much. Melbourne, meanwhile, has no single view. No one image sums … Continue reading No one view
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