When people tell me they don’t read or like short stories, I tend to feel a bit sorry for them. And, if I’m honest, a little superior. Perhaps even a little defensive.
That’s possibly the wrong approach.
As the wise and thoughtful editor, Laurie Steed, … Interested? Read More...
I first read Love at First Flight last year, when it was released as an e-book and was completely captivated by the chemistry between the two main characters, Mel and Matt, who meet and fall in ‘lust at first sight’ while sitting next to each … Interested? Read More...
I was in a playground when I fell in love with this book.
It was the second week of school holidays, a sunny day (one of few) and, for once, a playground that demanded very little parental supervision.
I took full advantage.
Surrounded by chatting … Interested? Read More...
Every fortnight, my daughter’s school assembly begins with an acknowledgment of country and ends with the singing of the national anthem.
It’s easy to sing Advance Australia Fair and not think about the words. Then you read a book like The Dry, and you start … Interested? Read More...
A great pleasure to welcome corporate communications guru, Simone Pregellio, as guest reviewer for the Marina Go memoir, Break Through.
Like many Gen X women, I remember my very first Dolly magazine, bought and devoured on a holiday to the Gold Coast when I … Interested? Read More...
I have to admit to cringing a little (lot) when I re-read my first (and never to be published) manuscript.
What I dislike most about it is that it’s written in the first-person, present tense. Here’s the first paragraph:
I watch the stream of water … Interested? Read More...
Last week I bought a new shirt.
Made from flannel, it’s as comfy as a bed-sheet and if you match it with a leather jacket and boots, it’s a tiny bit ‘Westwood-meets-the-burbs’. That’s if you’re squinting. If you don’t squint, I could pass as a … Interested? Read More...
There are so many different types of authors in this world – but the ones that really excite me are those who seem to operate on a different plane to the rest of us. The ones who notice things that we (or I) seem to … Interested? Read More...
Imagine you’re at the start of your creative writing life. You have a short story. You have no idea if it’s any good. But you send it off anyway to a national, well-respected short story competition – the first one you’ve ever entered.
You wait … Interested? Read More...
It happens to all of us. At some point in life, we all become familiar with grief in a way we’d always hoped to avoid.
For me, that happened last year.
The death of my father in law was shocking and not shocking. Not shocking … Interested? Read More...
