I finally saw Gravity – in 3D too – and I was impressed. The movie is set in orbit around the Earth where a group of astronauts are updating the Hubble Telescope. Unfortunately for them, those irresponsible Russians decide to
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
Paradox Resolution is K.A Bedford’s eagerly awaited sequel to his 2008 Aurealis winning novel Time Machines Repaired While U Wait. The novel continues the adventures of time machine repairer Spider Webb in a near future where time machines are the
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