Well, RichyT asked for it, and it reminded me to do it! The excerpt you are about to experience was written when I was 11, as part of an in-school assignment. At the time, I was going through the massive RL Stine/Point Horror phase that I have mentioned previously. This particular tale tells of […]
I had the interview on Saturday morning, I was suave, smooth, articulate and engaging. Or so I liked to think. We laughed together, we smiled together, and yet I still insisted on telling myself I hadn’t got the position. Here’s my problem. I love to do that whole “letting myself down before they do” thing, […]
It has occured to me that blogs are problematic. I recently missed out on a job because I’d spoken about leaving the country in my blog, and the employer read that blog, and then decided that I would be unable to maintain the job while having an extended stay overseas (a little more complicated […]
The following is an excerpt from my story “This House,” recently selected for publication by the Spiny Babbler Anthology of Student Writing:
See this house. This house, with its unvarnished door and its windows like gaping sores. It towers above the rest of the neighbourhood, its peaked roof thrusting above trees and powerlines. This is where […]
This story was first published at Vibewire.net.
Today I found out that John (you know, little John, painter John) tried to kill himself. Me and Tan had been standing behind the bar and she was like
-You know who I haven’t seen in awhile? John. You know, little John, painter John.
And I said
-Yeah! He was such a […]
Hi! Thank you very much for taking the time to peruse my site. I hope you find my mindless ramblings and writings entertaining, if not profound, poignant and life-changing. I have been writing creatively since I was very young, and can remember subjecting my Year 3 class to endless stories that I had written […]