Perceptions

When I was at the Melbourne Writers’ Festival, I was initiated into a secret-sort of knowledge; a fact – I hope – more momentary than universal, spoken more in jest than in spite. Still, depending on who’s drinking, and how much, this is the very important feeling among some people: “Poets hate prose writers,” he said…

Slides from my author talk last night

See the drought-struck land outside. We need rain bad. Take a look below if you’re interested. The talk went really well, I had a lot of fun. If anyone has any questions, do ask.

Your favourite blog post ever, by anyone, on any topic

Well, it’s Day #1 of NaBloPoMo, which means it’s November and my blogging workshop is just around the corner. It also means I’m trying to get my thoughts together on the subjects of writing and blogging. This is hard because I have no real fixed philosophy on either, as yet. I believe both spring from an unpredictable,…