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Yes, Weapons has been optioned. Yes, there is a screenplay.It’s not my script. As is my won’t I simply sold off the rights. In this case to Luke Sparke who made an alien invasion movie I rather enjoyed. …
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Jun 15Comment 7Share
Just one wafer thin narrative slice?I just spent the afternoon plotting and scheming out my next 12-18 months, which is something I do after a big deadline. Two of them in this cas…
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Jun 14Comment 14Share
Jabbed! And puffed!I just got back from my first COVID shot (AZ). Had to wait the usual fifteen minutes but didn’t sprout any glowing tentacles so they let me go. …
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May 28Comment 6Share
Had a very quiet night at jujitsu last night because of some pretty unpleasant pain in my right shoulder. I thought it was from a biopsy my doctor took…
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May 25Comment 4Share
Booked my first Covid jabI had to go into the doc to get a couple of skin spots checked today and she asked if I’d like to book in for an Astra-Zeneca shot. I’m like, su…
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May 19Comment 19Share
The cat-box equationThis bit in The Atlantic about cats and boxes is the best use of five minutes of your time you will encounter today. Although I really only put …
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May 12Comment 7Share
It's been a long time since I was last in Newcastle. Jane used to live there before we were married and I would catch the train up from Sydney every se…
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May 10Comment 4Share
Online book drinks.I did a fun gig last night, a book club meeting over Zoom. It was for Melbourne's Nova Mob which has been around for decades, they told me. I ca…
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May 5Comment 9Share
2034. I spent my monthly Audible credit on 2034: A Novel of the Next World War, after having it spoiled for me by some idiot columnist at the New York…
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May 3Comment 6Share
The Shattered Skies/Cover RevealLooks good, I reckon. Now listed for Jan 2022, which seems forever away. But Ms Rona will have her due. I think I’m going to have to put out a f…
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Apr 29Comment 9Share
One good thing about Covid19, it kept me out of my usual dives for most of last year. Instead, I had a year of writing. Lots and lots of writing. And t…
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Mar 3Comment 27Share
Turns out I don’t know my apocalypse from my armageddon. I totally thought it would all be about flesh-eating demons spilling out of the UnderRealms, o…
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Feb 23Comment 28Share
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