Excellent psychological underdog thriller where you end up cheering on a thief and liar
Category: Creative Writing
For what it’s worth, the answer is a resounding ‘YES’. Elsewhere in this post you will see proof that having a bipolar disorder is not a sentence to soul-destroying poverty, no friends, a life with no meaning, an inability to hold down a job or build a career, or any of the other myths other…
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Crowded Blouse and Acoustic Fix
This weekend has been very busy. First, Lady Agatha and I nipped into town to catch Melanie Zedd‘s fabbo ‘Crowded Blouse‘ music and stories hour with the excellent Deborah Brennan accompanying Mel on piano. Mel took us through her school and uni years, encouraging us to sing along with classic songs she skilfully altered the…
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AI and writers
What are we as writers if not improvisers? Some of us plan out our work, filling in every gap before putting fingers to keyboard, others of us are ‘pantsers’, writers who write by the seat of their pants, never knowing what’s going to happen next, but trusting in their muse that inspiration will strike. Both…
WOW! This comment from 2022: “Two-thirds of Australian authors are women—our new research finds they earn just $18,000 from their writing” Zwar, Throsby and Crosby, The Conversation 2022 You can’t even live off that! It’s below the poverty line, methinks. And yet, digital writing for businesses is booming: “Aussies with digital marketing skills in hot…
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Philomena Cunk: Life on Earth
Based on reviews by friends, Agatha and I sat down and watched the first three Netflix episodes of ‘Philomena Cunk: Cunk on Earth’. I’d seen a few sketches on YouTube and thought them and her hilarious, so Agatha and I loaded up the wine glasses with chilled Pinot Gris and paid close attention to what…
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I’m not creative, mate
I have known I’m bipolar for a very long time, and I was diagnosed as clinically depressed before my psychiatrist at the time changed her mind about my condition (based on new research) and diagnosed me as bipolar nearly two decades ago. But I’d never felt myself as being creative. This, beside loving acting in…
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Muses
Statement: My best friends are my soul food. Opposite view: Friends are over-rated as creative muses. The traditional muse of the 20th Century was an attractive, usually single, woman who was paid, or not, to inspire the usually male artist. Many male artists fell in love, or lust, with their muses and some muses fell…
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It’s over
It’s over We had something special But we have it no more I miss you I hated your goodbye I wish I could hold your hand again But I know it would break my heart
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Tequila
Dad loved his Dad jokes. ‘Why did the Mexican throw his wife off a bridge? Tequila’ He had a million of them and the rest of the family suffered for two decades and beyond. But he was a dab hand at fishing off a jetty or a marina. Once, we were holidaying down at Second…