A journey to the heart of Nepal
My friend and critique partner, author Sandra Groom has published her debut novel, The Goddess of Kathmandu. The story is set for the most part in Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, and charts Australian Lara Gordon’s journey of self discovery. Lara travels to Nepal for a three-month sojourn after her work and romantic life falls…
The power of flash fiction
A compilation of flash fiction from several highly regarded authors was recently published in The New Yorker so it must be on trend! Two names I recognised were Haruki Murakami and Joyce Carol Oates. I’d always thought of flash fiction as very really extremely short stories but the pieces in The New Yorker appear longer…
I can be a cranky old cow, and more so when it comes to bad journalism
I’m at an age where I can barely tolerate any form of social injustice. I can’t stand ratbags who litter our planet with takeaway coffee cups, plastic straws and other garbage… (don’t get me started on smokers and fishermen/women who drop their filthy cigarette butts, fishing lines and empty plastic bait bags without a thought…