Let’s call him ‘Artist One.’ We were chatting a while back about what I considered the success of someone we’ll call ‘Artist Two.’ “Artist Two’s work is amazing,” I said. “Artist Two is winning loads of awards,” I said. “Artist Two has tens of thousands of followers on social media,” I said. Artist One narrowed his eyes. “Yes, but Artist Two drives …
Bellingen Readers and Writers Festival
I’m in love with Bellingen.
Remembering Colleen McCullough
One of my greatest privileges while working in newspapers was to write obituaries. At some rags, the obits are palmed off to cadets, not seen as ‘real’ news, especially in small towns where the subjects aren’t exactly famous.
Why I write
Always Josefa started this ‘blog hop’ a while ago, in which a whole heap of bloggers answer a few questions about why they write. Zanni from My Little Sunshine House posted her response here and ‘hopped’ to me. So, here goes: – What are you working on? Finalising the editing of my four kids’ novels due for release with Allen …




