Archive for December, 2007

I’ve had another short story published. Two in one month, a new personal best. This one is a little bit different, being a non-genre piece. I normally write in the science-fiction, fantasy or horror genre, or some mishmash of all three. This was something written deliberately out of my comfort zone. I was pleased...
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I know this is very old news, but I’m still in holiday mode. I came across it again recently anyway, so it’s like fashion – everything old is new again. Back in 2003 (yeah, that old) the satirical Christian online magazine Ship of Fools ran a competition to rewrite the Lord’s Prayer in 160...
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Twas Christmas Eve morn and all through the streets Cars queued angrily and folk ground their teeth On this pagan celebration, by Christians hijacked Stress levels were soaring and nerves were wracked When there sat at a bus stop a prophet, all grey And he shared his message with a sign all day: BIBLE...
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I read this in the Sydney Morning Herald today and found it both amusing and informative. Of course, that’s because it all applies to someone (or someones) else. I don’t think it would be so amusing to hear any of this said about myself. Still, it’s the season of goodwill, so I thought I’d...
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Well, I’m returned from my road trip safe and sound. I already miss the open road and wish I was able to continue riding indefinitely. In a country like Australia, that’s almost possible. And now the complete idiocy of this irritating Christian festival is upon us once again. Bah humbug. Anyway, I received this...
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Still on the road and still enjoying being out and about. We woke up this morning looking forward to riding the Great Ocean Road only to find that it’s pissing with rain. We’re hoping it eases off a bit before we have to leave. In the meantime, I thought I’d share this with you...
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We’ve been largely very fortunate so far with the weather (which is important when you’re touring on a motorcycle) and we’ve been enjoying some fantastic roads and awesome vistas. We rode down via Murrumbateman into the Snowy Mountains and stayed a few nights at a place about halfway between Thredbo and Jindabyne, then we...
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Things will be a bit quiet around here for the next couple of weeks. We’re packing up the XJR and motorcycling off around New South Wales and Victoria until Xmas. We’ll be heading over the Snowies, down to Eden, then Melbourne, The Otways, The Grampians, up to Mildura and home across the Hay Plains....
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You may remember that I recently mentioned that a short story of mine, called The Night Bus, had been accepted for publication at The Harrow: Original Works of Fantasy & Horror. Well, the story has now been published. You can read it at The Harrow website by clicking here. Be sure to have a...
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I was walking through Surry Hills yesterday on the way to a class. Idling along, looking in the shop windows, I was stopped dead in my tracks by the greatest thing I have ever seen a shop offer. I couldn’t believe that there wasn’t a line snaking off down the street, young, eager men...
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