Every time I log into Facebook, I notice that more and more people have joined a rather verbosely titled group called “NO, I WILL NOT PAY $3.99 A MONTH TO USE FACE BOOK FROM JULY 9TH 2010!”

The precise amount begs the question: “Well, how much would you be prepared to pay?” If not [...]

I recently discovered a great little site Sparkapolooza. Each month they post a simple brief and give fans two weeks to submit something ‘creative’.
Or in their words:
“Sparkapolooza is a project about forcing those creative juices out. They’re there- they just get buried under day to day life. Now there’s two things to get them flowing [...]

I have a guilty secret; a bad habit. I’ve tried to give it up, really I have. Sometimes I’ve gone days, even weeks without indulging. But then I’m back. I’m an addict. A creature of my shameful obsession. My therapist tells me sharing is the first step on the road to recovery so here goes…
My [...]

I am delighted to announce that two of my plays will be heading to the Edinburgh festival this August.
The Badger Game – a half hour piece about the last woman hanged in Australia.
Mulv – a comical view of the horrors of advertising brainstorm sessions.
The plays will appear at The Space @ Jury’s Inn on the [...]

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I’ll have my first reading of ‘Play (with) Misty for me’ tonight at Crash Test Drama, Newtown Theatre, Sydney. The play is to be directed by Anne Delaney and a cast chosen on the night.
Starts 7.30, tickets $10. 12 short plays to be read with audience voting and prizes for best play and best actor/actress.
Come [...]

Some up-coming writing competitions.
Write-a-Book-in-a-Day
Raise funds for Children’s Hospitals Australia (CHA), the Princess Margaret Hospital Foundation (PMHF) and the Katharine Susannah Prichard Writers Centre (KSPWC). The challenge is to plan, write, edit, illustrate, bind and submit a children’s book in 12 hours. Teams of 5-10 people will be given a random setting, two human characters, a [...]