You might recall that a few weeks ago I was part of the blogging team covering the Overload Poetry Festival at Overland. Due to the overwhelming amount of good stuff they had, this piece didn’t get used in the end and so I’m posting it here instead. ****** I was recently introduced to several members…
This is a big day, people. Big for me, at least. I’ve been thinking of this project (cooking it up, deliberating the pros and cons, anticipating feedback – good and negative) for almost a year now. Submissions will be open up until 31st December, so there will be a far bit of time for me…
Read / September 28th, 2009
Yeah. I wish. Don’t get me wrong, I’m enjoying not having to rush around to get the kids off to preschool every other day and then getting back down there for pickups. And, actually, I like how mysteriously – and someone might have to explain to me why – there is next to no traffic…
I’m writing a poem at the moment that has the word ‘gossamer’ in it. I wondered what Flickr had to offer for someone doing a Creative Commons search for it. Here are some examples below. The links back to their sources should be embedded within the images (tell me if they aren’t working):
Life / September 25th, 2009
Remember, Aussies, my competition to win the iPhone ends tonight. Click here for details on how to enter.
This quote has been going through my head a lot lately: I’m out here for you! You don’t know what it’s like to be me out here for you. It is an up-at-dawn pride-swallowing siege that I will never fully tell you about! Jerry Maguire (Tom Cruise) He may have been talking there about…
It was one of those choices I daresay I’ll be faced with for some time to come: do I go to a family oriented event, or stay home and do some work? In times past I nearly always chose the former. Not this year – this year I begged off going to the Show and…
It was the glasses, or so I thought. How otherwise could the five dollar movie ticket increase be justified on top of what are ordinarily expensive prices? But we all put them on once we sat down, and as the lights dimmed and the 3D trailer came on, there we were, an audience of Buddy…
Here’s my pile. Yes, it’s very small this week. It needs supplementing. This is why I’m including Adam’s: Wait, one of these is technically mine. I borrowed the Kim Stanley Robinson after I read his fantastic article in the Guardian, angry that science fiction is an underrated genre. Adam thumped his fist to his chest for that….
