The story so far
I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March 2009. It looks like this:
Category Archives: things
shiny things
Arguments against buying an ipad – I am on a long vacation in Australia and even if I am sponging accommodation and cars from friends and relatives, vacations are expensive – we might soon be leaving Abu Dhabi and moving … Continue reading
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Not bad thanks, yourself?
So. Collected the author copies of my novel hot off the press on Friday. Author copies. Heh. Boys acted putridly, running around and shouting and showing off and not letting me think. Chucked the shits at boys. They cried. Went … Continue reading
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the things you find…
…and when I thought I might make a good civil celebrant (for funerals more than weddings)
the things you find when you're moving house (the first in a never-ending series)
So remember when you thought that enjo would change your life.
too much time reading the interwebs and listening to the radio
Two things which no longer need to be discussed in newspaper columns or on radio: 1. The names people give their children. Yes, there are some rubbish, even ridiculous, names, no I wouldn’t give them to my children, but some … Continue reading
It's a small world after all
Young enough to believe that ‘your chance to win…’ means that he probably will, oldest boy says ‘It’ll be great to win that trip to Disneyland’. I say ‘why’ wondering how he even knows what Disneyland is. ‘Because it’s the … Continue reading
Friday night, 9pm
I have eaten too much curry and drinken too much wine.
Actually, I could really use some sleep
Why is it that I took the minutes of the school council AGM about one year ago, but am only now, seven hours before the school secretary needs to photocopy them, typing them? If you need me, I’m just here. … Continue reading
This (day) too shall pass
The day could best be summed up thus: everyone in this house is giving me the shits, yes, including I, but especially everyone else. Also: does anyone know what it is that the dog is crunching on? I can’t bear … Continue reading
