Writing

Information about my writing pricess, as well as updates on my writing progress.

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  • AI, Copyright, and you
    AI, Copyright, and you

    Here in Australia, the creeping Tech Industry spectre is trying to subvert copyright law so they can freely use copyrighted material to train AI models.

  • No Ideas or Inspiration
    No Ideas or Inspiration

    Now and again, I pitch up to my desk to find my brain is mysteriously empty. No ideas or inspiration to be found.

  • 2024 Stringybark Short Story Award Finalist
    2024 Stringybark Short Story Award Finalist

    Just a quick note to let you know I came Highly Commended in the 2024 Stringybark Short Story Award! And that my story “Witches Blessing,” is among the forty-one stories published in Crowd Surfing, the anthology containing this year’s finalists.

  • Writing Hangover
    Writing Hangover

    Now that it’s a new year, and work on the cottage is over, I’ve been trying to get back into my writing routine. But the thing making it difficult, is I’m getting writing hangovers. I’ll be walking down the street or around the supermarket, and I’ll think it’s weird that I’m “here” instead of “there.”…

  • The Greatest Ever Haiku
    The Greatest Ever Haiku

    I wrote the Greatest Ever Haiku this morning, and I was so excited to share it with you. But there is a thing that sometimes happens to writers. It’s distraction.