It's time for a confession. Some years our Christmas tree doesn't go up. We may have to travel to see family straight after working all the way up to the holidays so, as no one is going to visit, it stays in its box in the garage. Maybe I'm getting older and sentimental, or maybe …
The Multimedia Author
Three things happened in the past weeks. One involved film making, the others involved the challenges of social media. After much badgering from my younger work colleagues I finally joined Instagram. The odd thing is, I'm enjoying it more than I thought. My high school teacher friend groans about how we have several social platforms …
Ideas, and where to find them.
I've been travelling. I took some time off to realign my life. Before this trip my day job got very hectic, taking over both my time and my thoughts, and forcing my current writing project to feel abandoned. Yet, in a way, this has turned out to be a good thing. The work in progress, …
If filmmakers made our book trailers.
I love relaxing with the staff picks on Vimeo. My first love was cinema so having the best short films curated saves you from searching for these gems. Thought-provoking documentaries, whimsical animations and off-beat drama is usually what's chosen for you, and enjoying a short film festival at home through the television and hifi is …
For the love of pens!
Last Friday I encouraged my workmates to try writing with the fountain pen on display in a gift shop we entered. I had one as a teenager and loved the way it glided on paper. I wanted others to experience this. After a few attempts they got it. In a world where most of us …
Nate and Cameron
This blog was published in 2017 to coincide with the release of the paperback featuring both short novellas, Nate and the New Yorker and Nate's Last Tango. Both novellas are also available as ebooks (the first is only 99c). For purchase details - CLICK HERE or to read an excerpt and read reviews, CLICK HERE …
Having no time to write.
My current work in progress is suffering. Well, maybe I'm being melodramatic but this has been a year of less time to write. First off I had to step into a new role at work meaning my luxurious three day working week changed to four sometime during March. Monday is currently my only day to …
Film adaptations
One of my favourite books is Jasper Jones by Craig Silvey, and incidentally it is also one of my partner, Warren's, favourite books. But the recent film adaptation left us cold. One of the problems with the movie is that it only uses the pivotal scenes of the book to make up its story line. …
Adventures in Self Publishing – Part 3
So, since my last blog on this topic, three things have happened. One, I've gone through my edits. Two, I'm a millimetre closer to casting my book trailer. And the third, well, I'll get to that. The editor I chose I worked with twice before. He edited the first edition of Nate and the New …
The characters who wouldn’t shut up!
I never intended to write a sequel to Nate and the New Yorker but it wasn't up to me to make that decision. Somehow, Nate and his friends demanded a second outing. Originally I wrote the first novella because my publisher at the time pointed out that, regardless of the books many of us like …
kevin klehr 