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:
Tag Archives: things that suck
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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Tagged comedy novice, things that rock, things that suck
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Trip to the market I wish I'd never had
Today, somewhere between the ATM and Lucia’s, my purse – containing the two hundred dollars I was going to use to buy things including fruit and lollies for my youngest boy’s birthday party (the first he’s had); and the piece … Continue reading
Fair weather? Foul
The wind, in great and consistent gusts, is hot and drying. It carries dust which fills my lungs. My breaths are shallow, my sneezes many. I try not to rub my eyes, but they are bloodshot (and match my bruised, … Continue reading
food poisoning
You don’t need any more details than that, do you?
And two hours later, it all sucks again…
You see, this is the kind of thing that gives me the shits. For some reason, the vacuum cleaner, which is by no means old, but I’m sure is out of warranty, though to confirm that I would first have … Continue reading
Aching muscles and bones
I would have a bath if I did not first have to clean it out.
oh, for goodness' sake
it’s an important email to be sure, but really, does it need to have taken from 9 am this morning to not even be able to get these three sentences right?
It's never my fault
soapOriginally uploaded by adelaide writer On Saturday night, I tanked. I was on stage under a spotlight, with a microphone in my hand AND I FORGOT WHAT I WAS GOING TO SAY. Which would have been fine, except that one … Continue reading
Inevitability
If you need to ring me, please use my normal phone, because a replacement charger for one of these costs about $80 and seems to be unavailable anywhere in Adelaide. I have it switched to the function that uses the … Continue reading
A happy tale of woe
The printer, once turned on, makes a soft, but annoying, whining sound and nothing more. No lights, no whirrs, no beeps. I have unplugged it, shifted it, hit it with varying degrees of gentleness, but all to no avail. It’s … Continue reading
