Yes, it’s time for me to pimp a fantastic anthology, The Yin and Yang Book, in which you will find my story ‘Double Talk’ (with it’s infamous opening line). And guess what? You can grab it for your Kindle for free from Amazon from 1800h (Australian time) today. You only have 24 hours, so get [...]
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Download The Yin and Yang Book for free
Posted in Uncategorized on May 16, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
On the Beach – Conflux 8
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged conflux, conflux 8, Short story, short_stories, specfic, speculative fiction, Writing on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Canberra speculative fiction convention, Conflux 8, is coming up – it will be held from 29-30 September 2012 at the Novotel. I’m planning to attend, and look forward to carrying on some of the great conversations we started at Conflux last year. The conference convenors have just announced details of the short story contest, [...]
Two words you never want to hear
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged akin, bilateral bunionectomy, bunion, bunion surgery, bunion surgery recovery, bunionectomy, hallux, Hallux Valgus, osteotomy, scarf, toes on April 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Bunions! Surgery! But, if like me, you have had these two words mentioned to you in the same sentence by a doctor or orthopaedic surgeon, you might be interested in my experiences over the past couple of weeks. You can read about my surgery and post-surgery story on my ‘Post-Bunion Surgery Page’, which I’ve cunningly [...]
Farewell 2011
Posted in Uncategorized on December 31, 2011 | 4 Comments »
It’s been one hell of a year. An out of control busy job, a spot of Army Reserve work, marginal work on my masters research project, half a dozen stories written and published, and two children nurtured for another year. Having so much responsibility has pushed me to the edge this year. It’s been a [...]
Conflux, or how I survived my first con
Posted in Uncategorized on October 5, 2011 | 2 Comments »
I attended my first writing convention (‘con’ for those in the know) over the Canberra long weekend and what a hoot it was. I met some amazingly talented SpecFic authors, editors and fans and had a blast hanging out with my good friend Jodi Cleghorn, who came down from Brisbane for the event. Conflux is [...]
Wish I had more time to write
Posted in Uncategorized on June 2, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Life just keeps on getting in the way, doesn’t it? I have barely had a chance to write these past six months; work has been totally consuming and not in a good way, rather, in an ‘eat you up and spit you out’ way. Fortunately I had signed up to another Jodi Cleghorn writing challenge, [...]
It’s a vampire thing
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Carrie Clevenger, Crooked Fang, Vampire on February 11, 2011 | 4 Comments »
So, a confession. I’ve never really understood the whole ‘vampire thing’. It always seemed a bit naff. Boy with fangs bites girl. Girl swoons (or dies). The end. When a friend of mine last year suggested I watch the first few episodes of True Blood while I was babysitting her kids, I laughed and told [...]
One of those days
Posted in Uncategorized on October 2, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I’m having one of those days. Don’t really feel like doing anything much. I should be studying, but I don’t have the intellectual energy. I have a short story waiting to be written, but I’m not in the right frame of mind. I have a dress to be cut and sewn, but I haven’t the [...]
Chinese Whisperings: Paul Servini
Posted in Uncategorized on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Paul Servini had the daunting task of being the first writer in the Yang book of the Chinese Whisperings anthology. Read his reflections on the writing process here.
Pssst. Come ‘ere. Let me whisper in your ear…
Posted in Uncategorized on June 24, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Remember playing Chinese Whispers (also called Telephone) when you were a kid? You’d line up with your friends and the person at the front would whisper a longish sentence into the next person’s ear. That person would then attempt to whisper the exact same sentence into the next person’s ear and so on, until the [...]

