Back row: Nicholas Tchan, Amin Chehelnabi, Roger Reynolds, Kylie Bullivant, Me, Maclaren North, Angela Rega, Kurt Mueller
Front row: Cat Sparks, Terry Dowling, Rob Hood
I could have gone with “what not to write and where not to get published”, but (my crutch word, apparently) it was a creative writer’s retreat, and that demands something a little more… creative. Plus […]

Great name for an old black and white war film I saw as a kid but also entirely relevant as I’m going on a writer’s retreat this weekend. Actually “Retreat? Hell Yeah!” would have been better. Nine aspiring writerly types have submitted one short short story and one long short story to be scrutinized by […]

I had a mentor once, a long time ago.
I’m not one for mentors, I’ve always tended to make my own mistakes and learn from them - eventually. But right now I’d give at least an elbow for one.
My old mentor, lovely man, had such a positive effect on my writing, really lifting my game. His advice wasn’t […]

Is what this blog needs. Anything to get it back up and running.
So, having salivated heavily on the monitor for a minute, this neglected little patch of pixels is alive once more.
‘bout bloody time….
 Jeremy