My friend Laurie tagged me on Facebook with the above meme-of-sorts where writers talk about what major project they’re working on, possibly also explaining and justifying any anti-social or reclusive behaviour that might be occurring while the writing is happening. It’s hard, but sometimes you just need to hunker down, grit your teeth (don’t crack them…
It’s almost school holiday time again. (I know – whaaaaat?! Time is flying!) Seeing last time was such a success, I thought I would do another Make-Your-Own Holiday Challenge. A prompt for every weekday of holidays, to interpret as you like. If you have a child (or children, plural) who needs a bit of structure…
photo taken: 10.45am, fifteen minutes ago. Gastro is passing through our region like a horrible, vomit-strewn nightmare. Riley got a little dose last week, but nothing like what Keira and I copped on Sunday. We’re still in bed today, see? (Although, by her eating cake, you can tell things are on the mend. I’m sure Marie…
I think I can anticipate what some of you are (possibly) thinking: I already fork over money for my domain name(s), web hosting, blog design and on and on… why do I want to pay out more? Believe me, I hear you. I’m pretty…. thrifty… myself. But when it comes to blogging, sometimes upgrading accounts or…
They are drawn to the sand as much as the water, fossicking among the treasures: garlands of ropy sea matter, shells and the odd gasping mollusc, probing its tongue around in the last moments of life, as if trying to determine where on earth it had landed. In their examination of nature’s detritus, I like…
Coriolanus is not my favourite Shakespeare play, so I watched mostly because was I curious to see what Ralph Fiennes made of it. He first starred in the title role on stage, and went on to direct the film. It’s an excellent production – you can tell they’ve done it pretty shoe-string, but he’s assembled some terrific talent,…
If you’re on the M1 travelling south, you might be in a hurry to reach the lights of Sydney; going north, you might be off to the beaches of northern NSW. But to bypass the Central Coast is to risk missing out on its many delights. Even though I’ve been to the Central Coast many…
I feel like I’ve been reading a fair bit this month and this is mostly because I’ve found a big fat novel to curl up with – in this case Anno Dracula – The Bloody Red Baron. It is the sequel to one of my favourite books as a teenager – Anno Dracula – and…
There are writers who get Twitter, and by extension social media in general, and then there are others… who don’t. I admit Twitter is a vastly different place than it was one or two years ago, but that doesn’t mean it’s worse either. People also seem to forget that they are in control of their own…
