Writing a book is only the start Well, I’ve just finished the final proof of Sam Mouse. I’d like to say that’s the end of the process. I can pat myself on the back and say I wrote a book. Its no small thing. Even if it is only 47000 words. I’ve learnt a lot […]
Your first day at school
Do you remember your first day at school? I don’t. But it must have been traumatic, because I do remember the weeks after my first day at school. My mum would walk me to school, not all the way. Not every day. Sometimes we would get halfway and then the ‘bigger’ kids from next door […]
One Weird Trick for Creativity – Suffering
Artists need to suffer. Without suffering, there can be no creativity. Without creativity, no art. The artist is a tortured soul who relieves that torture through their art, but their art creates more suffering, causing them to seek self-destructive behavior through other outlets. Manic depressive behavior, self mutilation, suicide, drug and alcohol abuse and poverty. Van Gogh, Sylvia […]
Writing: Its about words on a page!
I’ve wanted to write for a long time. I don’t know how long, but for long enough that I can’t remember a time when I didn’t think about writing. I worked in the Croxton Park Hotel straight out of university. I started off as a bottle shop attendant. We opened at 8am, and even though I was […]
Facebook On The Dash
We just bought a Nissan X-Trail, in preparation to an addition to our family…yes we downsized our car as our family gets bigger 🙂 There is method in the madness, but thats not the purpose of this post. So much has changed since I bought a new car only seven years ago (a Nissan Patrol), […]
Perspectives
I was at the Bendigo Writers Festival over the weekend, and I went to La Porchetta for lunch. There were plenty of places I could have eaten closer to View Street (where the festival was held), but they were all pretty busy with other festival attendees, so I took the time to wander over to La Porchetta. […]