DNF a book? Why?

At what point in time do you give up on a story? Some people don’t put books down, even if they’re terrible, they just persist. Bad could be terrible for several reasons, and only you, the reader, know the answer to that question, and everyone is different. I’ve compiled a few reasons why I’ve DNF’dContinue reading “DNF a book? Why?”

When the story starts/continues…

Some authors can bang out books in just a few weeks, while others take years to perfect that masterpiece, and others who spend so long world-building, they only release a few books in a lifetime. J.R.R. Tolkien is one author I’m thinking of when I say this, but that, by far, is not poking funContinue reading “When the story starts/continues…”

Life moves pretty fast…

Steve Miller was right when he wrote the lyrics – Time keeps on slippin’, slippin’, slippin’; into the future.It seems like only yesterday when I applied for a 10 week residency at Queensland Writers Centre (https://queenslandwriters.org.au), and as of next week, will be my last in their offices full time. I have to say, I’mContinue reading “Life moves pretty fast…”

Long time no post, and The Martian

I don’t like just posting stuff for no reason, so it’s been a while, not the ‘every Friday’ I wanted to post. I’ve been too busy with organising a holiday, the stress to go with that, then the holiday, all around my writing and my full-time job. I took November away from that time syncContinue reading “Long time no post, and The Martian”