Tuesday, 29th November, Bee-Saigon Hotel, Ho Chi Minh City!
I should probably write about our last day in Singapore, but right now I am just so overwhelmed with excitement that I can’t. I keep stopping typing to grin stupidly and every fibre of my wants to dance everywhere. We’re in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), and […]
26th November, Oxford Hotel Singapore, Saturday 10:30pm
From where I’m sitting, I look up and see the reflection of wallpaper peeling behind me, unpainted walls yellowed with mould, dust-bunnies forming colonies on every surface. We fucked up our reservation. And this is where we’ve ended up. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not terrible, but I’m not […]
This post is about a dilemma. A writing dilemma we all face at one time or another, if we’re wanting to be published. Do we save our best work for competitions? Or just get it published?
Here’s the scenario: you write a short story that is quite good, you wonder whether you’re going to write […]
Day (Three and) Four: (Wednesday the 9th and) Thursday the 10th of November
Apologies for missing yesterday. I was terribly, terribly busy. Well, yes and no. I wrote all day long. From sun-up to sun-down. I haven’t really got much to say about Wednesday except that I’ve reached the 10 000 word mark (in fact […]
Boy was I productive today! I woke at 8, had a shower.
The shower. The single worst shower I have ever used in my life. I’m hesitant to say anything bad against the centre, because they’re doing some great things for the Perth writing scene, but this shower is awful. For a start, the taps […]
So I’m alone in a creepy, heritage-listed house. I promised myself I wouldn’t freak myself out, but then I see a flash of something in the corner of my eye, or I hear a creak that I haven’t caused, and my heart gives a teensy flutter . It’s okay, I’ll be fine. After all, I’m […]
Well this is my special domain name just for me. There have been a number of good things happening for me lately. I will list them below
1) We won our soccer preliminary final, which means we’re in the grand final. This is my first ever grand final of anything, and is a terribly exciting […]