The character Joey Potter from Dawson's Creek is not a fan of Jack Kerouac. In season 6, episode 4, she is reading On The Road and says it sucks. She complains there is no story and it's all macho posturing. I read it a long time ago and I didn't get into it either. I …
Trigger Warnings
I was horrified the first time I watched Get Smart. Max shot several people suspected of being Kaos agents. Then the Chief tells him that he's posted a number of Control agents to protect Max. Canned laughter played as Max realises he mistook the Control agents for Kaos operatives and tells the Chief that maybe …
The Negative Reader
I noticed something the other day. I was going to write a review of a favourite book for someone else's blog, but because it had been a while since I read the book, I checked its reviews on Goodreads to refresh my memory on elements of the plot. While pretty much everyone praised it, one …
Would you consider a hashtag to promote your most personal novel?
I was thinking about this in a spare moment, of which there are many. I've often written about what real life influences are weaved into my novels, but I haven't always talked about the storylines that come from more personal experiences. For example, one of my novels has a storyline that reflects feelings I had …
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The writers forum, online
NOTE: This blog was written during our first year of Covid lockdowns. Yesterday I logged into 'Gay Fiction, Gay Lives,' a forum hosted by Jerry L. Wheeler for Bold Stroke Books. It's an interesting time for publishers. I applaud this initiative by Bold Stroke Books as there is a large audience sitting at home looking …
Home with my husband. How will I write?
So, all was good. I had each chapter plotted for my current work in progress and a library I visited regularly with a quiet room to write. I could sense this project getting to first draft in a few months. Then the world changed. On top of that, my husband was offered a short term …
Musings on our new reality
We were interstate looking after my brother’s dog. It had been planned six months ago so he and his wife could holiday in Vanuatu. And while Warren and I had been watching news of the coronavirus unfold for months thinking this will hit home soon, while we were minding Zoe, this shit got real. On …
Writing about my relationship
The initial draft of my first novel was titled Staging Life. It told the story of two friends, based on me and my husband, who end up in the Afterlife. A few theatre references were thrown in and, hey presto, I had my first draft. Then I had it professionally assessed. Besides changing the title, …
Authors and algorithms
A Twitter post popped up recently about how interactions have diminished. I responded saying that I've noticed this too. Recently I asked #WritingCommunity if they've noted Twitter is behaving like Facebook (i.e. the same small number of regulars reacting to what you've posted). One person responded. For an author, this is not good. I already …
Book Review – The Museum of Modern Love by Heather Rose
Many reviewers consider this novel a meditation on art. This is true as it's really not a story driven piece. Several times I put this book down for a while to consider what I'd read. But it was never going to be a 'did not finish' book. I had to take it in stages as …
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