An author’s lament — I enjoy the promotional aspect of writing, mostly. Whether it’s scheduling newsletters for my Substack, updating my website and blog or making little videos for Tiktok, I experiment boldly and gladly. I accept defeat philosophically, dust myself off and try something else. Sometimes, though, the sheer unrelenting effort of getting…

Here we go again! — ‘Ooh, an article on Medium about how to make money from your writing,’ you’re probably thinking. ‘I’ve never seen one of those before.’ Well, I have no foolproof recipes for you, and being a Brit, in Australia, it goes against the grain to talk up my own success. We have…

Artwork from the story — My serial fiction story Seed about the Melbourne art world is up now on Medium for a beta read. I thought it might be fun to do a separate picture story with just the artworks I created for each of the twelve chapters. So here goes: One of Melbourne’s many…

Coming Home — Author’s note for this beta read Please go easy on the highlights. Please, please comment! Be as honest as you like. I’m putting all 12 parts up simultaneously. You can use the list at the end to move between parts. Language warning. We’re nearly done with the f-words now, and all out of c-words. ‘Cup of…

Flight — Author’s note for this beta read Please go easy on the highlights. Please, please comment! Be as honest as you like. I’m putting all 12 parts up simultaneously. You can use the list at the end to move between parts. Language warning. We’re out of c-words and have few fucks left to give. Sal had expected…

Everyone’s a Critic — Author’s note for this beta read Please go easy on the highlights. Please, please comment! Be as honest as you like. I’m putting all 12 parts up simultaneously. You can use the list at the end to move between parts. Language warning. Plentiful c-words, f-words and other delights await you. The Convent seemed to have been…

Resolution — Author’s note for this beta read Please go easy on the highlights. Please, please comment! Be as honest as you like. I’m putting all 12 parts up simultaneously. You can use the list at the end to move between parts. Language warning. Plentiful c-words, f-words and other delights await you. His flatmate often kept irregular hours…

Directing the Eye — Author’s note for this beta read Please go easy on the highlights. Please, please comment! Be as honest as you like. I’m putting all 12 parts up simultaneously. You can use the list at the end to move between parts. Language warning. Plentiful c-words, f-words and other delights await you. The left-hand figure was delineated in…