500-word challenge
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Through The Glass
Darkly
by Gwen AngstromThe next challenge, write up to 500 words around the theme: SPEED. Closes midnight, 1 May 2012 AWST (GMT+8) More>
Tag Archives: inspiration
Science Is The New Art: Annie Proulx and Tim Flannery
Guest post by Keith McDonald This session about the intertwining of science and art fired up when both Proulx and Flannery related personal stories about how their engagements with the environment and its wildlife had inspired them. Several times, they … Continue reading
Posted in 2011 Perth Writers Festival, Blogwax, The Buzz
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The Lure of Open Windows
I’ve never been one for planning. Not when I’m off duty. In strategic games like chess or Scrabble, I rarely think beyond the next move or two; in life generally, I’m much the same. I may have a hazy idea … Continue reading
Desperately Seeking Daniel
Late last night, I was hit with a game-changing revelation. (Note to distributors of insight: there’s no shame in throwing under-arm, people.) It turns out, when you’re trying to think of something to write about – wait for it, this … Continue reading
Scratching the Night Itch
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can. – Samuel Lover, Handy Andy, … Continue reading
Rioting in Greece
A writer friend sent me a link that has rent my fantasy world asunder. Where once I dreamt of warm days on a poolside lounge, a teetering pile of books and the time to devour them in turn, interrupted only by the … Continue reading
And So We Begin..
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamouring to become visible. ~Vladimir Nabakov After years of being haunted by these ghostly words, I have decided to … Continue reading
Waxings 