Personal writing achievements and news for happy sharing.
Thanks to The Manawaker Studio’s Flash Fiction Podcast, you can now listen to my flash fiction story “Shy” either by clicking on this link or playing the video below! Why not read and listen at the same time? The words to “Shy” are here. Why not compare narrations? “Shy” was…
Yesterday, I had the amazing honour of being an artistic ‘Forest Ambassador’ with the very talented sustainability and natural mixed media artist Gloria Florez and the very talented video installation artist Alyson Bell. Together we created a collaborative exhibition that combined our three very different yet complimentary methods of artistic…
It’s my birthday today, so here’s a present for you – I’m over on AntipodeanSF again this month, in their bumper edition to celebrate the magazine’s 250th issue, and 21 years of AntipodeanSF, with my short story ‘A Witch’s Place‘. Here’s the beginning: ‘The fire is beautiful!’ Aunt Joan shouts…
Life can be over in an instant. Last Tuesday, I almost lost mine. If it wasn’t for a lucky moment or two, I would have smashed into the rocks at Manly’s South Steyne and drowned. Poetically, this was the same day I blogged about loving nature, because it helped me…
Every year I work at building my career as a writer. There’s no grand plan, just a desire to reach out to readers where possible, share my experiences and gain new ones. My main method is to ‘say yes to everything’ and see how it goes. Which is why 2018…
This week, I’m over on Antipodean SF with my drabble ‘The Final Squeeze‘. A drabble is a short story of exactly 100 words. To write one is a test of skill and storytelling! Here’s the beginning: Skyscrapers collapsed into the oceans. Meteors lit the Anderson’s faces. Their neighbour’s escape pod…
Last week, my eleven-year-old daughter came home with the news that she’d been sent to the principal’s office. When she told me, I didn’t know how to react. The exact same thing had happened to me when I was her age – except for my daughter at least there’d been…
