Punk Planet Books, 9781933354101, 2006 (Aus, US) razor. pillow-kiss. mental patients. interior snowflakes. haunted house memory. failed masked-man. essentially bad or essentially good? the horror of a discovery. pills, lots of them. lonely echoing voices down the phone. vaporized individuals. an office. graveyard shift. mystery. solved/unsolved. missing her. stealing pink. childhood gone. … Continue reading The Boy Detective Fails by Joe Meno – a 'mood' review
Self-indulgence
Observations, rants, fun stuff, links…
Story To… and Random Stuff
I have a wee poem 'Tinsel Dreams (Tram Moment 1)' in the new Story To... zine, which is available in print and as a FREEBIE online. Click on Issue 2: Pod People here. Note that I wrote this poem after going to Varuna. There is a bit of stream-of-consciousness thought ramblings about mentor Peter Bishop, … Continue reading Story To… and Random Stuff
A Week in the Life of Miss LiteraryMinded
Mon 3 Nov - blog posted Sudeep's pics before work. Rode bike to work (environmentally friendly). Quiet office on the day before Melbourne Cup. Sweat at the gym after! Finished reading Ian Rankin's Doors Open (will review at some stage). Jumped on the email and there was lots of great feedback from Nam Le blog post. Flatmate's … Continue reading A Week in the Life of Miss LiteraryMinded
I'm Terribly Afraid I Might Spontaneously Combust
Never have I felt this burning, scorching, bubbling of my insides so intensely before. I have previously likened the process of idea and inspiration for a story as being like a 'brew'. The ingredients begin to react together inside your mind and pop and spit until it spills over onto the page as a draft. But this time... I … Continue reading I'm Terribly Afraid I Might Spontaneously Combust
It's My Birthday and I'll Blog What I Want To
Welcome Lit-lovers
Welcome to the new home of LiteraryMinded. There are a lot of technical things still being worked out so bear with me while I work out wonky spacing and the like - I'll also liven up the menu options to the right soon. I am completing my honours thesis at the moment so I'm just … Continue reading Welcome Lit-lovers
Literary Smiles
I need to share some recent happiness. You'll be getting to see more of me in print in the coming months! Today I received the news that I have been shortlisted for the Page Seventeen short story competition, which means my story 'Mentioning Ben' will be published in Issue 6 (November). This also coincided with … Continue reading Literary Smiles
A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
Albert Camus The Myth of Sisyphus was one of those books I attacked with dog-ears and pen marks. Whole pages are underlined in my well-thumbed copy, which I revisited when writing my novel manuscript Smoke & Dancing, and recently for my thesis. I think about my own steps to lucidity, when I acknowledged life’s inherent … Continue reading A Very Short Introduction to the Absurd, My Absurd Moment, and Lester Burnham as Absurd Hero…
Literary-Minded Film Stills
The literary-minded one is influenced by cinema and music just as often as by the written word. An image or a note can do something a word cannot, and vice versa. In the spirit of this, I am not going to write a long-winded post on my favourite films and how they inspire me and … Continue reading Literary-Minded Film Stills
Six Random (Literary-Minded) Things
I have been tagged by P.D. Smith, author of Doomsday Men. The rules are: a. Link to the person who tagged you. b. Post the rules on your blog. c. Write six random things about yourself. d. Tag six random people at the end of your post by linking to their blogs. e. Let each … Continue reading Six Random (Literary-Minded) Things
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