Reading
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Local Authors in Meanjin | Brisbane
Off the top of my head, I can only name two Brisbane authors: Trent Dalton and Melissa Lucashenko. They tried to shove Tim Winton down my throat in university and so I thought he was also from Brisbane but he’s… Continue reading
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The Caves of Steel Taught Me Some Words
I don’t know how useful these words from the 1950s will be for me writing in the 2020s but there’s a few fun ones to salvage. Continue reading
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A Garden of Women’s Writing
International Women’s Day is tomorrow and today I’m looking at building a list of classics written by women. Luckily, I found a great list that has diversity in both authors and content: https://bookriot.com/100-must-read-classics-by-women/ The list gives great briefs on each… Continue reading
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The Caves of Steel: Reading Tabs #1
I’ve recently started marking my books as I read them. Only with sticky notes, however, I am not yet brave enough to mark raw with highlighters and pens. Today I just want to share a few of my pink and… Continue reading
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Entering The Caves of Steel
1st November 2025 Bookmark: Chapter 3 Baley has just met up with Daneel and there’s an incident going on at a shoe shop. I don’t like Baley and I don’t love the writing. I also am not fond of the… Continue reading
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From Asimov: Humiliation Kink?
I don’t like the main character of The Caves of Steel but it has become a joy following him along him stumbles and a nightmare watching him get close to growth and then reverting. Baley is by no means the… Continue reading
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Storytelling and Storywriting
I am now six days post-surgery recovery and I’m feeling pretty good. Pretty dang sore and uncomfortable but I think I’m tracking well in my recovery journey. My brain is still a tad foggy and I get bouts of energy… Continue reading
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I have finished a book!
Not since For Today I am a Boy (Kim Fu) have I finished a novel, and that was in 2022 (⌒_⌒;). Technically, I read three of the Heartstopper novels last year, but graphic novels are so much easier to devour… Continue reading
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Reasons Why I Stopped Reading So Much
Today, the world moves at such a fast rate that I often feel the need to find things that are quickly consumable, whether it be food, TV shows or books. Five things happened at the same time when I moved… Continue reading
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Success!
Not of the grand kind, just of the weekly targets kind. I went to work, I got writing done, I’m on time with my tasks and I finished reading The Martian. I did it. I did (most) of the things… Continue reading
Hopfield is Writing 