Category: Author’s Notebook
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The Blended Cures – Short Story
This is an illustrated story that comes with a set of cards, depicting the green medicine bottles with the letters of the alphabet. Mrs Bloomfield was a crusty old hypochondriac. She loved being ill and if she did not have a real illness, she invented one to get attention. “Help! Help!” Mrs Bloomfield called from…
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Surfer character?
He was tall, tanned, shirtless, with long blonde dreadlocks. “For sure,” I overheard him say to his companion. Sure. Shore. For sure. Foreshore. When I talked with him, I discovered his name was Sunny. Would you believe it? Made me think: Wouldn’t it be cool to have a surfing beach character that constantly uses beach-flavoured…
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I ran into ‘Old Paisley’!!!
I ran into my Grade Four teacher a couple of days ago at a conference. Turns out he has moved from Melbourne to NSW. “Thanks for making yourself known to me,” he said at the end. When I was ten, it seemed this guy was ancient. He was larger than life and we were a…
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Research Trip – Part 1 – The Fish and Chip Shop
Miss Pepper and I left mid Sunday morning and cruised down to Sydney. It’s about a 4-5 hour run from the mid-North Coast. The Take Away shop When Em’s life is almost at rock bottom, she flees the inner city, selecting a road with no consideration of where it will take her. She’s just driving…
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Who’s the better writer? Me or ChatGPT
Just saw a social media post of an author castigating another author for using AI to write a story, and I think I’m inclined to agree. But I reckon a decent author can outgun ChatGPT any day of the week. (Maybe, twelve months from now, it will be a different story.) Consequently, I’m going head-to-head…
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Breaking Free – Upcoming Research Trip
I’m planning a research trip down to Sydney this coming weekend. I’m going with my daughter, who is about 18 months younger than Em in the story. She’s interested in seeing the inner city universities. It will be her first time, and I’ll be observing her reactions and bouncing off them for the next few…
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