You don’t owe me anything

Jun 28, 2013

Mea culpa. I am guilty of this and I’m putting my hand up right now to accept that and change my position. I’m getting more than a little sick and tired of authors demanding things of their readers. Back in 2011, I wrote this blog post where I said such...

The Hero’s Journey explained brilliantly by puppets

Jun 20, 2013

I first read Joseph Campbell when I heard that Star Wars was constructed by stealing all the best classic mythology ideas and working them together into the monomyth framework. I wanted to understand it. Since then, it’s always informed my writing. I don’t...

Behold the Midnight Echo shiny and the story of a title

Jun 17, 2013

My contributor copies of Midnight Echo Magazine, issue 9, landed in my post box this morning. So shiny. I’m very happy that my story, The Fathomed Wreck To See, is in this one. The issue had a Myths & Legends theme and my story plays with the siren/mermaid...

I won the AHWA Short Story competition!

Jun 10, 2013

Well, I actually co-won in a dead heat with Zena Shapter. The Australian Horror Writers’ Association (AHWA) runs a competition every year for both short stories (1,000 to 8,000 words) and flash fiction (up to 1,000 words). You may remember that last year I was a...