The Real Life And Death Of A Fictional Character
Creating great fictional characters draws on all of a writer’s knowledge of mankind. Quite often a character is a conglomeration of people they have met in real life. Some people have a greater influence on the development of a character than others. Some leave a...
The Seed Which Grew Into A Novel
It all started about a year ago. The seed which grew into a novel. It fell in my lap, out of the sky. The idea came and I just went with it. Don’t think, write. Let it come. It seems to work best. Before I knew it, there it was. I had created an alternative world. A...
Adventures in Cambodia: Surviving an Embassy Excursion
A little over a year ago my family had a stopover in Cambodia on our way to visit relatives in Australia. We had some interesting experiences in what is a very colourful country. This was one of them. My son needed a new passport. He also needed one fast. We were...
A Croatian, An Australian, And A Dutchman Walk Into A Studio
Locked together for a weekend in Sing Sing Studio, they discussed the state of world affairs, exchanged life experiences and shared personal insights. They listened intently to a songwriter screaming his lungs out and tried to formulate a cunning plan. After three...
Kakadu: Boating With Sharks, Crocodiles and Wisdom
Going on a river cruise in Australia’s Kakadu National Park is quite unlike any other cruise you are likely to undertake. You won’t come across many places in the world where you find yourself sitting in a boot which is floating on waters teeming with crocodiles...
What Happens When You Drop A Bomb On An Ancient Civilisation
In the novel Loreless I touch on a few major moments in modern Aboriginal history. I do this by way of describing the fictional experiences of the ancestors of the protagonist Billy. In each case I tried to put myself into the mind of the ancestor; the characters...
Acting, Opportunities And The Advantages Of Persistence
I could have been an actor. It just didn’t pan out that way. Life doesn’t always give you the chance to take every offer that comes along. Fate hangs it tantalisingly in front of your face and then whips it out from under your nose. Then you are left with...
Great Uncle Josiah Goes To War
My great-uncle Josiah was in his sixties when he enlisted. Like many men during the Great War he faked his age in order to be accepted. What made his story different from most was that he lowered it. Most men put their ages up. He said he was forty-four. I don’t know...
The Not So Great War
Over a hundred years ago, my grandfather went off to war. He was young, and possibly, panting at the bit to go. He may have gone earlier if it hadn’t been for age restrictions. It was to be a great adventure. Every able-bodied man wanted to be part of...Discover a part of Australia you never imagined existed.
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Do you like stories about witches? Ghosts? Powerful entities? You must meet Anaïs Blue.
