So I've bitten the bullet, jumped back on the horse and a whole bunch of other clichés and will be returning to formal study in March. Specifically a post-graduate creative writing course, perhaps with a touch of research near the end if I do well enough which will help me get that elusive novel(la) in me finished. … Continue reading Got Novel Ideas Part III
Botox Rouge!
So the big news, other than news is Nicole Kidman has admitted to using Botox. I think my response is big whoop. Which is semi-polite Australian for 'who cares'? It's like my electrician admitting to liking hip hop instead of pub rock. I don't care as long as it doesn't affect the job he does when uncrossing wires or … Continue reading Botox Rouge!
Janudreary
So since my last post I've driven through a locust plague. I could feel them crunch under the wheels of my car as I drove along. They rose in clattering clouds along the road sides and slammed into my windshield so they cast locusty shadows on the dashboard. Sometimes they bounced up over the roof with a dry … Continue reading Janudreary
Letters help
This weekend Marieke Hardy will be holding a Women of Letters, event in the City of Literature that is Melbourne. It's a kind of lunch where writers will read their letters to the Best Present they Ever Received to get into the spirit of the season and also to raise funds for the animal rescue … Continue reading Letters help
The Breaker
Film review of Breaker Morant Bruce Beresford’s award winning Breaker Morant (1980) is perhaps one of the most memorable war stories on film, not for its visceral realism (for that see Saving Private Ryan), but for its depiction of the effect of political and moral decisions on individuals in war. In essence a courtroom drama, … Continue reading The Breaker
Yule be thinking it’s that time of year
Yes, it's getting towards that special time . For some of the world. When Magic Santa gives us stuff as an annual, seasonal ritual initiation into Consumer Society. Having said that, I can't help being a fan. Real carols, pudding and holly...even the fake spray on snow some shops don't clean off their windows until … Continue reading Yule be thinking it’s that time of year
Writer, Interrupted
So my head's been so full of stuff of late. I keep having ideas for a post or a tweet or a story and then, through fatigue or distraction or otherwise pre-occupiedness, not following them up and then forgetting them entirely. I really need to keep a log. In the middle of the night I … Continue reading Writer, Interrupted
The Big F, T & L
The following is an essay I wrote a few years ago. Not even sure for what. Anyhoo it's been sitting gathering dust in the hard drive so I thought I would let it have some freedom. As a writer and even as a uni student I am/was primarily interested in myth and folktale - the … Continue reading The Big F, T & L
Guiding Questions for Getting Your Righteous Anger On – or Not
SO someone said something terrible/stupid/hateful/wrong somewhere. And you saw/heard/watched it. It happens. And you're angry, upset and all fired up, ready to verbally or Tweeterly smack down. Or ready to compose a letter to the Local Newspaper Editor and send it via the Post Office (apparently this still happens? Not sure how. ) Before you … Continue reading Guiding Questions for Getting Your Righteous Anger On – or Not
Sad & Beautiful
Sad can equal Beautiful. I'm in a bit of a bleak patch. A bit blah. At first just because, and then because of a few events this week. But I take hope in the Rota Fortunae of Boethius (and Tony Wilson). I know it can't be all rolling in kittens and daisies sunshine when you … Continue reading Sad & Beautiful
Writing Bec 