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Taking a break from writing Sep 05, 2024

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Relaxing is hard work for me. Sometime I feel like who I am is too tied up in the stuff I make. So it's interesting to force myself to just be a person without the magic of creativity.

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Writing my new book with small-big thoughts (out today!) Aug 29, 2024

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"YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK... " is probably my favourite book. You can find it in the link below. It's sorta fitting this is me 100th episode. The book is made from bits and pieces from all my poems across all my books. Just the juiciest most combustible lines.

My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

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Stuff learned from my first spoken word performance Aug 22, 2024

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Well, that was a leap off a cliff. It went better than I expected, Lots of learning from it. Parts when really well, some not so well. But overall I suprised myself.

My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

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#art #creativity #writingcommunity #writing #artist

In praise of reading not to learn Aug 15, 2024

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I once read only to learn. Everything else felt like a waste of time. But learning also brings me anxiety. I love reading genre crime fiction, it lowers my anxiety, it takes me away from myself, the world.

My two current crime fiction/psychological thriller writers:

Michael Connelly

Frieda Mcfadden

And Thomas Harris - Red Dragon (part of the Hannibal Lecter anthology is absolutely exquisite)

My new book: YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

YOU'RE GOING TO BE OK

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Thoughts on putting together my live show Aug 08, 2024

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Less than a week away to my live sho in Melbourne (August 15th) - tickets below.

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My new book: WORKING NINE LIVES

WORKING NINE LIVES

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Making something out of nothing Aug 01, 2024

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Gotta consciously wrongfoot myself to make interesting things.

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Productivity and creativity hate each other Jul 25, 2024

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Running a 'poetry business' is weird and business me and creative me are often at odds with each other. Batching has taken these two version of me out of the same room and given me a little more breathing space.

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The hidden door in rock bottom Jul 18, 2024

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I've always been fascinated by the little doors to other worlds scattered in unassuming places.

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The horror of time Jul 11, 2024

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Peter Weir's Picnic At Hanging Rock was Twin Peaks before Twin Peaks. (And I love David Lynch).

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Lessons from a hangover Jul 04, 2024

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I often felt lost and unconfident in not knowing what I was doing when I was in my 20s. I still don't know what I'm doing but I'm more confident about it. But a brutal hangover reminded me what it was like to be in my 20s and feel lost for a day... in my 20s I'd experience this feeling without even needing a hangover, and often!

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