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Love, Dad - Coming Soon from Fremantle Press!
For me, the three reasons why I typically take years to write a novel and yet somehow wrote a complete memoir in a fortnight in 2021, are clear.
Walking Together, We can Climb a Thousand Mountains
One of the strange things about being a writer is that you can have an incredibly busy, full year without the apparent trappings of that productivity.
Jobs Writers Do When They're Not Writing: Mulching an Airport
It is a truth universally acknowledged that an airport not yet mulched is in need of a good mulching. It is a lesser known truth that some poor bastard has to spread said mulch along the highways and byways that lead into the airport...
Flashback: Writing From the Cheap Seats
In fourteen years of writing, I’ve established something of a reputation.
Don't get me wrong. I don't get window seats at restaurants or all that many free books, aside from the considered review copies, as sent by a handful of Melbourne-based publishers. I made more money participating in a Twitter novella than I did for any short story I've published, and I'm often told that my writing is ‘a bit gritty...'