So Much Pain.
What a lousy week, so much pain. A toothache – of all things – lead an assault by every inflammation in my body. From my swimmer’s knees, tight hamstrings, sore lower back, to my aching elbows and big toes. And to top that off, the eye on the side of the swollen tooth root ached […]
My Two Weeks as a Copywriter.
Seven weeks ago I blogged that I was hopefully embarking on a new career as a copywriter at a local radio station. I thought I was going to be doing a few weeks trial and then they would decide whether to keep me on. That was at least what my job provider told me, but […]
Pens and Prejudice.
I finally got around to watching the Pens and Prejudice episode of First Tuesday Book Club last night. It was a discussion about the perceived prejudice against woman authors. All during the show I had a comment by Germaine Greer in mind. She said male authors tend to write about how the world is, whereas […]
Melboure Writer’s Festival – How they got published.
At the recent Melbourne Writer’s Festival, six of the authors I saw mentioned how they got their book published. Jo Case was asked by a publisher to write her non-fiction book Boomer and Me after the publisher read an article Jo had written about her son’s Asperger’s. Graeme Simsion originally wrote The Rosie Project as […]
Book Readings at the Melbourne Writers Festival
At the recent Melbourne Writers Festival, Max Barry asked why do audiences sit around and listen to authors reading from their books at writer’s festivals? Shouldn’t they instead be watching authors write? A few years ago, he attempted to put that thought into action. He set himself up in the concourse at the Melbourne […]
The Future of the Novel.
Recently I attended the Melboure Writers Festival. I went to a panel called The Future of the Novel. Most people would expect a panel with that title to be a discussion about the demise of book reading in the near future. Refreshingly, that was not what this panel was about. Instead the panellists were concerned […]
Melbourne Writers Festival
I went to the Melbourne Writers Festival last weekend. I wanted to revel in writing and books. I wanted to learn more about writing and publishing, and I wanted to be reassured that I was on the right track with my writing. I also went to two sessions specifically to use them as sources […]
My Writing Careers?
Last week I had an interview for a copy writing position. The job basically involved writing 30 minute commercials based on briefs of information received from sales reps. I won’t tell you where, until I start. They have offered me a couple of weeks unpaid trial. I figure I can use that time to learn […]
How Much Klout do You Have?
A couple of months ago I saw a message somewhere that said that employers were now taking the Klout scores of potential employees into account before employing them. Klout score? WTF? The message – probably written by a Klout employee – went on to say that companies were refusing to hire people with Klout scores […]
Book Buying Habits
I read an interesting article this week, on a Random House website, about the book purchasing habits of Americans. The information came from Bowker Market Research and their 2013 U.S. Book Consumer Demographics & Buying Behaviour Annual Review. Taking myself as a typical Aussie consumer of books, I decided to compare my own book buying […]