DOWN UNDER THOUGHTS

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Monday, September 20, 2004

O sweet nastiness!!

I’ve been thinking about the dark underbelly of life lately and the how it’s presence engages our imaginations as readers. Take the current popularity of forensic science based stories: corpses become springboards for storylines, dead-ends become doorways leading to the truth, all that’s dead and... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, September 19, 2004

wild river in my computer

I’ve got a photo of the Franklin River on my computer screen in my office. It was taken by the wilderness photographer Peter Dombrovski and it was made famous in the battle to stop a major dam being constructed in the south-west Tasmanian wilderness. It shows the wild river swirling either side of a... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, September 18, 2004

primal language

Nature's the first and final word in Hobart. The primal language of the place is spelled out in granite cast through clouds, wirey scrub rooted into rock cracks, mirror river stirred to a white capped stampede and southerly gales laced with a hard antartic edge. I was born into the possesive grip of... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, September 17, 2004

my island origin near antartica

Thanks for the comments my friends. I've taken your wise input to heart and shall see what flourishes. I want to write a little about my father today because I think my story telling desire has somehow come from him. As I get older I think about my father increasingly and when I head south to my... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, September 16, 2004

as insatiable as a ripe mango

Hmmm! I wish I could be content with simple storylines. You know what I mean, something like the simple formulaic hero narrative: injustice/evil happens, unlikely hero arises, struggles with a series of obstacles by which his identity and mission becomes clear, suffers a near total defeat, faces an... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, September 15, 2004

looks like i'm at war again

O great my literary side has awakened since starting this blog and suddenly, incessantly, I find myself hating the mundane distractions of this office. It’s like an anesthetic wearing off. No I don’t want to answer the phone / deal with some nurse manager’s stationary dilemma / use rapport skills... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, September 14, 2004

unleashing my secrets on an unsuspecting public

It's time I really spilled the beans!!!! And by the way thanks for the comments guys. How did I end up living in Sydney and working in hospital admin? There's a lot to be said in answer to that question (or putting it more precisely I currently have a 70 page first draft written in answer to that... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, September 13, 2004

nearly 10 am and i desperately need coffee

It's been a while since i've blogged and i've found my way here via a fellow Donnelly blogger from Belgium. I'm in Sydney and stuck in an office doing a hospital admin job though i'm obviously not doing it right now. It's warm and the sky's blue and I want to go swimming but that's not going to... Sign in to see full entry.

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