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Show, Don't Tell: Killing the Beast

Show, Don't Tell: Killing the Beast

Show, Don't Tell is easy advice to give, but a difficult skill to master. Learn how to avoid the trap of 'telling'.

2022

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Never Stop Writing

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Is it Erotica or is it Porn?

Pinning down this shapeshifting genre with enlightening examples

A naked Adam and Eve stand in a garden surrounded by plants and animals. They wear the traditional fig leaves

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May 29

Want to Win a Short Story Competition and Get Published?

Try the Stringybark Open Competition in 2027

The book cover for Thanks for Asking, which features the silhouettes of two woen sitting either side of a dog on a beach watching a sunset as birds fly over

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Mar 4

A Book Deal — the Ultimate Goal for Novel Writers

The secret to selling to a traditional publisher

A Book Deal — the Ultimate Goal for Novel Writers

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Jan 24

How to Get the Most Out of Writer Mentoring

Five tips for getting value from your novel mentor

A wise old wizard (AKA writing mentor) points out an error to a young writer, his finger scanning the lines in a large book

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Unfiltered Lives

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Come Walk with Me … Monday 9 November

Service with a smile

An automotive workshop bearing the name Caruana Motors and the author’s Hyundai parhed outside a bay.

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Fiction Shorts

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By Zeus, That Felt Good!

The Vignette Gazette Writer’s Prompt #288 | static

A teacher stands at the front of the class rubbing a balloon on his bare arm. he looks smug.

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True Travel Tales

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Is That the Eiffel Tower, Dad?

Sights you see on your travels

Girls in identical T-shirts featuring a photo of their friend to be married are in the middle of a busy square carrying a giant inflatable penis.

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Come Walk with Me… Sunday 8 November

Boating activities on the creek

Author’s friend Perry holds a trevally

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Did You Know…Short Fun Facts

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Did You Know… New Zealand Was Once Part of New South Wales, Australia?

This brief period also means that NZ can choose to become an Australian state.

A man stands with one food in New Zealand and another in Australa

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Come Walk with Me — Saturday 7 November

Swan song for the Creek

The support roots of a giant fig hold up a limb over the cree.

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Australian author and writing mentor with 20 years' experience. Previously in Adult Ed. teaching English, Communication and Creative writing. Hooked on travel.

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