I am passionate about the written word and creating rich, engaging content.
Just submitted my entry for the July Furious Fiction competition, run by the Australian Writers Centre. Will find out how I went towards the end of July. Fingers crossed. I will post it to The Feature Space, if I don’t win. Have a look at my June, May and AprilContinue Reading
Corey Harris, civil engineer and architect, came to the ‘prepper’ perspective in his late-twenties. After years of research, he bought a secluded parcel of land, set deep within the tall eucalypts in the Blue Mountains. It took Corey eight years to build a four-bedroom house, which, to the casual observer,Continue Reading
A Hobson’s choice is one in which only a single realistic option is available and any other options are illusionary or unrealistic. To meet their family’s financial needs, many parents find that there is little choice but for both to be working. Where support from extended family or friends isContinue Reading
Just completed proofreading tasks for the upcoming anthology, Outside In Gains a Soul, which will be published by ATB Publishing later in 2019. You can also follow ATB Publishing on Facebook here. Other than the proofreading, I have also contributed a ‘chapter’ to the new anthology, which I am sureContinue Reading
I entered the June 2019 Furious Fiction competition, as run by the Australian Writer’s Center. I didn’t win, but you can read the winning and short-listed entries here. You can also read an extended version of my entry, Injected, here. Let me know what you think of the Furious FictionContinue Reading
Buying Electric Cars: The Tech and Pricing The Guardian Australia’s article, “Should I buy an electric car? All you need to know about prices, technology and range” provides useful information about the current technology deployed in commercially-available electric cars and pricing. While price is still a block for many people,Continue Reading
In the process of updating this site so it fits in with my other endeavours: The Feature Space: an article and essay site showcasing my writing as well as that of contributors. CC Publishing: my manuscript editing and book publication business that specialises in the needs of self-publishing authors. Novels:Continue Reading
In a shocking first, local three-year-old, Brooke Reed, spent much of the morning demanding a wide variety of things from her steadily decaying parents, before promptly falling asleep right in the middle of the hallway. The morning began normally with Brooke complaining about how her peanut butter toast was cutContinue Reading
During the 20 years of my Digital Advertising career, I have often been challenged to describe what I do. Everyone is aware of the little boxes of annoying imagery that are scattered around a webpage like clickable square confetti, but try explaining how that advertisement for a bank, airline orContinue Reading
The above image represents what this piece is about: getting your career back to basics. Jonathan Rivett’s article in the Sydney Morning Herald, Feel stuck in a rut? It’s time for a reality check, was instantly personally relevant. My very existence of my side-business, CC Publishing, is a direct attemptContinue Reading
