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Success! – Furious Fiction May 2019

May 25, 2019
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| Categories: Australian Writers Centre, flash fiction, Furious Fiction, News & Blog, Short Stories

Since the beginning of the year, by popular demand*, I have been blogging about my entries into the Australian Writers Centre’s Furious Fiction competition. In May’s Furious Fiction, I finally cracked the winners’ circle. No, I didn’t win the five hundred dollars. But my entry, CARDIAC ARREST, was long-listed for the big bucks. (For my…

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Posted in Australian Writers Centre, flash fiction, Furious Fiction, News & Blog, Short Stories Tagged amwriting, flashfiction, furiousfiction 2 Comments

It’s time you met the real Dracula

February 26, 2019
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| Categories: blog, Crime, fantasy, Literary, News & Blog, Novels, Uncategorized

If you haven’t read Bram Stoker’s 1897 classic Dracula, go out and find a copy now. My friend had been recommending it stridently for many years, but only recently did it catch my eye in an airport bookshop. I was looking for a romp that would keep me distracted on a long flight, which pitted…

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Posted in blog, Crime, fantasy, Literary, News & Blog, Novels, Uncategorized Tagged blog, bramstoker, dracula, Thriller 1 Comment

In Appreciation of Long Sentences

February 3, 2019
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| Categories: blog, Genre Fiction, language, News & Blog, Writing, Writing tips

Long sentences are bad, we are told. The enemy of plain English. Today the average sentence is 14.4 words long, and that’s less than a quarter of what it was 200 years ago. The UK Government has gone as far as to mandate a maximum count of 25 words in official publications. (For reference, if…

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Posted in blog, Genre Fiction, language, News & Blog, Writing, Writing tips Tagged amwriting, blog, jackreacher, LeeChild, LeeChildReacher, longsentences 2 Comments

Signal interrupted

July 14, 2018
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| Categories: blog, News & Blog

Where have I been? You may have noticed it has been months since my last post. I would love to be able to reveal that my silence was because I was on a highly classified government mission to deepest Antarctica, or I that I finally took part in that round-the-world blimp race I’d always had…

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Thor: Ragnarok – A spoiler-free review and analysis

November 7, 2017
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| Categories: comedy, Movie Review, Movies, News & Blog, Ragnarok, review, taika waititi, Thor, Uncategorized

Taika Waititi was a surprising choice of director of the third movie in the Thor series, Thor: Ragnarok. Primarily known for his quirky, feel-good comedies—most recently the surprise hit of 2016, Hunt for the Wilderpeople—Waititi does not seem a natural fit for the Marvel Cinematic Universe. But it works. And not only does it work,…

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Posted in comedy, Movie Review, Movies, News & Blog, Ragnarok, review, taika waititi, Thor, Uncategorized Tagged moviereview, ragnarok, review, taika waititi, thor, thorragnarok Leave a comment

The Spam I Get

June 16, 2017
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| Categories: blog, Humor, Humour, News & Blog

This website gets a lot of spam. Most it is in Russian or is trying to update me on the latest developments in erectile disfunction management, but sometimes those spam-bots are just downright friendly. For example: ‘You are a very intelligent person!’ – Abet Spzoo Thanks, Abet Spzoo. The internet can be a quiet and…

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Readying the Dead

June 11, 2017
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| Categories: blog, competition, Crime, Genre Fiction, Humor, Humour, News & Blog, NYC Midnight, Short Stories, Short Story Challenge, Writing

The winners of the 2017 NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge have just been announced, and I am pleased to announce I am one of them! Sort of. My final story landed me an ‘honourable mention’, sufficient for a handful of minor prizes, but just outside the cash. I’m totally excited about the outcome and proud…

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Posted in blog, competition, Crime, Genre Fiction, Humor, Humour, News & Blog, NYC Midnight, Short Stories, Short Story Challenge, Writing Tagged amwriting, nycmidnight, ShortStoryChallenge2017 3 Comments

Second Round Success!

May 5, 2017
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| Categories: ACT Writers Centre, blog, competition, Humor, Humour, News & Blog, NYC Midnight, Short Stories, Writing

For those of you who have been hanging out to see how I fared in the next round of the NYC Midnight Short Story Challenge following my success in the first heat, I am pleased to announce that my next story, Crossing the Thin Blue Line, just won through the second heat! This time the…

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Posted in ACT Writers Centre, blog, competition, Humor, Humour, News & Blog, NYC Midnight, Short Stories, Writing Tagged comedy, nycmidnight, shortstory, ShortStoryChallenge2017 2 Comments

Pikachu just changed my life

October 21, 2016
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| Categories: blog, News & Blog, pikachu, pokemon, Writing, Writing tips

I just hatched a Pikachu from a 2km egg. The moment has changed my life. Let me explain. My boys and I have been playing Pokemon Go for a few weeks now. We have traveled dozens of kilometres together, caught hundreds of pokemon, battled a few gyms, hatched countless eggs. I even spend my lunch…

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Posted in blog, News & Blog, pikachu, pokemon, Writing, Writing tips Tagged amwriting, blog, persistence, pikachu, pokemongo, writing Leave a comment

An excerpt from a book review written by Lee Child

June 11, 2016
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| Categories: Book Review, language, Literary, News & Blog, Suspense, Thriller, Writing

I came across this review of Hunters in the Dark by Lawrence Osborne, written by none other than Lee Child, author of the Jack Reacher novels. I’ve pulled out his intro below, which contains an uncomplicated and practical definition of ‘literary’ as opposed to ‘suspense’ writing. A valuable distinction for genre writers wanting to move…

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