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False Gender Binaries
December 15, 2025
If there’s one thing that gives me the shits, it’s the idea that life can be boiled down to just two options – an either/or choice – as if everything is black or white. And each option is defined so narrowly, so rigidly, that neither one ever quite fits. So we’re left feeling as if…
The Best Delivery I Ever Had
December 5, 2025
The best delivery I’ve ever had was my actual house! Yes – my entire house was delivered on two trucks up my steep 250-metre-long driveway in St Andrews. After buying eight and a half acres of beautiful bushland in 1989, I needed a home – and a transportable was the quickest, most affordable option. Built…
End-of-Life Choice in Victoria
November 20, 2025
Thank you to the Victorian Parliament for passing the Voluntary Assisted Dying (VAD) amendments. These improvements bring me great peace of mind, because it’s reassuring to know that I have choices – and good choices – at the end of my life. Personally, I’m not afraid of death, but I’ve always worried about how I’m…
Why Off Track Still Matters
November 3, 2025
When I first wrote Off Track, I thought of it as a story about the 1970s – a time of anti-Vietnam War marches, first love, and struggling to find your place in an uncertain, rapidly-changing era. But as the years have passed, I’ve realised it’s about something much bigger – something that still feels relevant…
Love and Change in 1970s Australia – Off Track Now $5 Off!
October 24, 2025
*Climb into the back of an old Holden panel van with Lucy and Scotchie for a ride through 1970s Australia in my novel _*Off Track_. Fall in love for the first time, sunbake for hours on Shoreham beach, dance wildly at parties to vinyl records that always skipped, and dream like every teenager about infinite…
Off Track Novel Reviews: What Readers and Critics Are Saying
October 16, 2025
Me with an earlier edition of Off Track.This story of love, friendship, and the twists and turns of life in 1970s Australia has resonated with many readers. Here’s what a few have said: “This is a great story – full of reminiscences of the 1970s, with references to bands and songs, places and issues that…
Writing from Memory: Real Moments Behind Off Track
October 10, 2025
I write from what I know, using memory as scaffolding for the story I want to tell. Off Track is not an autobiography; it’s a novel. But to write it, I had to dig into my own memories – like an actor preparing for a role – to inhabit the world of the story. Writing…
First Love, A Story of Us
October 4, 2025
Murray and me – my first love. 1972. Who was your first love? Murray was a wild, rebellious, and funny teenager – always with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. I wanted to capture his story, our story, and the way this boy from Eltham changed my life. The book I eventually wrote is deeply…
Stuck in Traffic, Saved by Song
September 25, 2025
Our traffic isn’t as wild as Nawalgarh in India – but it’s maddening enough. Is it actually getting worse, or am I just catastrophising? The massive sinkhole that closed one of our main roads has meant a major detour for months. Add in the usual potholes, delays, and a ‘peak hour’ that drags on forever,…
Advice Needed: Do I Change the Ending of My Short Story?
September 18, 2025
I first wrote Local Reality Show back in 2016. The ending was sparked by a fleeting news report at the time – three Palestinian teenagers shot dead by Israeli soldiers. What I wanted was a murder mystery parody that also exposed the infuriating way people devour fictional murders (and TV reality shows) yet quickly turn…