Check out this post: Nathan Bransford discussing William Faulkner’s views about a writer’s right to mine stories exposing family and friends, even if what we write effects our relationships and hurts people. Scroll to bottom of the article for the […]
This is the walking track that inspired my most recent short story. After days of heavy rain and cabin fever I finally caved. ‘F–k it,’ I said, ‘I need exercise!’ And so I did, armed with raincoat scarf and gloves.
Slow Canoe Readings http://slowcanoereadings.wordpress.com/ was a super great night with stand out readings from the wonderful Paddy O’Reilly and Chris Womersley. Paddy read to a packed room her new short story written from the point of view of a 50’s something homeless man
“The top of his head was hot,” says Dickins, “and at first I thought he just had a fever. But he looked quite benign, as if he was glad to leave Reservoir. Which most people are.” http://m.theage.com.au/entertainment/books/best-and-worst-of-times-in-a-bleak-house-20120325-1vs7k.html. With classic pathos and humour, Barry
Q&A with Jennifer Mills, author of The Rest is Weight · Readings.com.au. The following excerpt (open the link for full Reading’s interview with Jennifer Mills) sees Jennifer differentiate between short story, poetry and novel writing – I love the notion of
On Tuesday night, Pleasure Forum in conjunction with Little Raven Publishing organised a line up of writers of erotic literature to tantalise and delight the audience. Stand-outs were Urszula Dawkins http://urszuladawkins.blog.com/ who read two exquisite and lyrical short stories, one of which is the first