“I’ll read anything so long as it’s good, and online writing is full of excellent examples.” Read more here … I wrote a guest post over at SPUNC (Small Press Underground Networking Community) yesterday. Click the above link to read the rest. Keira is jumping around the house yelling “It’s the holidays! It’s the holidays!” Yes,…
Contributor copies of Miscellaneous Voices: Australian Blog Writing #1 are now making their way across the country and globe, as are the first of the pre-orders. Some blog posts have been written about those who’ve received them: such as Lead Igloo, Maekitso’s Cafe (you can win his copy if you enter his competition by writing a Ghazal),…
This dress will be just perfect for Melbourne in winter. Pluses: * It has sleeves * It is a thick material * The neutral colour helps me in that I can wear several types of opaque stocking and they won’t look weird * It’s a Cue and they are quality These shoes? Disaster. Why: *…
I’ve abandoned Ms. Mantel’s book since taking this photo. It was at about page 280, a good two-thirds, perhaps even three-quarters, of the way through so I gave it every chance. There were common threads between this and the extraordinary Wolf Hall: she has a great knack of weaving minute detail into her descriptions without…
A birthday can hardly be complete without a shot of a child’s disembodied-looking hand reaching out to poke the frosting … That child, of course, is Riley.
First posted March 2007 It’s a Sunday afternoon. Both kids are in bed asleep at the same time, meaning mum and dad have a few hours of blessed peace. So what do mum and dad do? Head for bed themselves … for a nap. It’s a blessed luxury, when you can get it. Except when…
Riley has recently, on occasion, hit another child. I feel that by writing that sentence I have hauled myself up to a flagellant’s cross and handed over the whip to anyone inclined to flick it at me. It first began – and I’m a witness – in the spirit of exuberance, of fun. He might be…
…and left me some boxes of books. I wonder what they could be?
100 Best First Lines From Novels, as chosen by the editors of the American Book Review. Strategies for overcoming creative block (a very cool looking site, btw). Some great ideas there. Filling in city holes with Lego. Genius! The funniest example I’ve seen of someone getting out of overdue fines from the video store. Is it…
