I have neglected to talk about a recent acceptance. My story “Under the Southern Cross” will be included in “Cowboy Lust: Erotic Romance for Women” edited by Delilah Devlin. In some ways this is a first for me — it’s my first “erotic romance” story as opposed to “erotica” (or smut or porn or literary [...]
I’m linking to this most excellent post by LittleReview – Why I’ve Never Had an Abortion. This is the post I wish I’d written. Every time I try to write something like this, I end up sounding inflammatory.
Not actual bad sex, but the UK Literary Review’s annual Bad Sex Awards. I’m a bit late on this — the results were out in December 2011, but I’ve just stumbled across it as I was googling to see if the latest novel by the amazing, incomparable Haruki Murakami is available in paperback. Yes, it [...]
Prop 8 has been declared unconstitutional. The judge said Prop 8: “served no purpose, and had no effect, other than to lessen the status and human dignity of gays and lesbians in California, and to officially reclassify their relationship and families as inferior to those of opposite-sex couples.” Well, duh. Congratulations California. Australia isn’t forgotten [...]
I have just climbed Mt Cooroora. Before breakfast. It’s only 4km return (that link lies) but it’s a volcanic plug that stands 485 metres. Most of the “walk” is a scramble up rocks, the odd bit of concrete step, 3 flights of metal stairs, and some extremely slippery shale. There’s a chain to hang on [...]
