Category: Writing

  • Too Much (But Never Enough)

    Too Much (But Never Enough)CJ Levinson I walked across a sunburnt landTried to define myself amongst the sandBut all I found was a memoryOf something I’d tried to leave behindYou smiled at me from across the roomAnd I don’t know why I waste my timeDreaming of something that can never beSomething that can never be…

  • 5 songs to play at your funeral

    A few songs people might like for funerals, or if they’re just feeling a bit down. It was inspired by a survey in Britain, which you can read about here. These aren’t the best or most traditional ones, just some I personally like. No Goodbye My Lover, for instance – that will just make you…

  • A strange couple of days

    Let me ask you something. Have you ever had one of those weeks where no matter what you try, everything just seems to go wrong? Well, that’s what it’s been like for me for the last few days. You know the saying, ‘everything that can go wrong, will go wrong’? I hate that saying. It…

  • A slow extinction from apathy…

    Democracy’s a strange thing. We’re well into election season now in Aus; with the launch of Kevin 07 and John Howard’s YouTube videos, everything seems to be moving towards a federal election in November. Along with that, the attack ads have started on TV, parties trading insults in the breaks between the nightly news… it…

  • Greed, boycotts and the impact for aspiring writers

    Bookshop chain puts bite on small publishersI’ve just been catching up on some of the news I’ve missed over the past week. Not sure how this slipped by, but apparently Angus & Robertson have started asking distributors and publishers to pay to have their books stocked and displayed in A&R stores. A&R is the most…

  • When did I become an authority on Anthony Mundine?

    I’ve been inspired. I’ve been keeping an eye on Alynda’s and Simonne’s blogs over the last couple of weeks, and recently they’ve both been studying the search terms that have brought people to their blogs. Alynda calls it “Google-age” and I’m going to steal that term as I love it so much. They’ve both had…

  • Air by Geoff Ryman

    This is the first review I’ve posted for awhile, mainly due to the fact that I haven’t read as much recently as I’d have liked. But I’ve been looking forward to reading Geoff Ryman’s Air. It comes with extremely good recommendations and has swept most of the major SF awards; it won the British SF,…

  • 5 SF story collections which should be in your collection

    5) Best Australian Science Fiction : A Fifty Year CollectionRob Gerrand (Editor)4) Adventures in Time and SpaceRaymond J Healy and J Francis McComas (Editors)3) The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume 1Robert Silverberg (Editor)2) Best of the Best: Twenty Years of the Years Best Science FictionGardner Dozois (Editor)1) Dangerous VisionsHarlan Ellsion (Editor)

  • Sunset over Randwick

    Sunset Over Randwick Took this on July 27. Something about the way the sun was setting caught my eye; so bright and vivid, almost like an aurora. I think it came out pretty well.

  • Why do people perceive you differently?

    I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. Some of it’s from personal experience and some is just observation, but I remember thinking during my Dark Teenage Years that I’d really enjoy getting past 18. For some reason I had this idea that 18 was the age when you’d be treated differently… not so much…