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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

I apologise to all the people who read the Wolf's fable

It is not yet finished and neither is The Collectors. I have to work on the collectors for a comp and for my short story course. Hard work this writing business. I think people who want to be writers and see it as a glory profession do not know how driven and obsessive a writer can become. I love to... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 11, 2008

Part three of the Wolf Fable

'Don't be such a greedy girl.' Granny pushes Cale aside and holds a pot under the blood that is still spurting from the man's neck. His eyes roll back in their sockets. Granny puts the pot down, then she bends forward and greedily sucks the life juices from the man's neck wound. Meanwhile Cale has... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

Part two The Wolf's fable

The path he takes is over the mountain rather than the path she is on which winds around the mountain sides down into the valley. At times he swings over the cliff spurs and rocks with almost supernatural grace. His fingers have long hooked nails – almost claw like and the backs of his hands are... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 1, 2008

A Modern Fable for Girls Who Travel Through National Forests Alone!

She had packed an ample lunch for her grandmother who had been ill with a flu for several days now. Granny was a character. She had smoked for many decades and had a rasping cough that shook her thin frame in frequent frightening spasms. Cale loved her granny with a passion. She loved her stories... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Childhood Chores!

It was my mother’s firm belief that children from an early age needed to learn the value of work. She, who had been brought up in foster homes, endeavoured to make us appreciate our “real family” home life more, as well as gain a taste of what life in a foster home must have been like. We had chores... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, April 28, 2008

October 1958 and the birth of my brother

It was the first week of October, 1958. My mother and father were away in Charleville. My mother had given birth to my youngest brother at the Charleville Base Hospital. My brother Chris and I had been left in the care of an American woman Nancy who had been hired by Gran – my father’s mother – as a... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Two Roads

She knew, as soon as he entered, something was amiss. His nose and lips crinkled his aversion. Putting his cloth shoulder bag and camera carefully down on the table besides the flat entrance, he absentmindedly patted the big light brown dog leaping enthusiastically around his legs. He greeted her... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 24, 2008

Well as yet there are no real Entries Wait I will do one

I will make my second blog entry on this blog a short story I am writing a screenplay for. It got a Commended in the Glen Eira Literary awards last year. Still needs work so I may re edit it and get it going. It will be titled Two Roads once I get it up and going. I may give it a bit of a renovation... Sign in to see full entry.

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