How Old Was the Bum Tree?
To many it was a loved local icon, a visual pun half-way along the ‘sand track’ and a natural wonder, to others a graffiti blight or a...


SEPTEMBER LITERARY CHALLENGE
The Australian Writers Centre’s monthly competition drew over 1000 entries. The challenge was to write a story of no more than 500 words...


LITTLE STEPHEN KING'S FIRST STORY
Bill Whitehead


A FISHY TALE
Here’s my first entry in a writing competition. The criteria - write 500 words in 55 hours using the six descriptive phrases supplied...


WATCH THOSE TRIANGLES!
“Do you want your toast cut into squares or triangles?” Grandson. “Triangles please”. Triangles not only play an important part in a...


A NEW DISCOVERY
My editor sent this to me some time ago. I suspect she may have picked up the vibes. It’s one thing to put your story down, another, to...


HOW MANY TREES?
These valuable manuscripts returned from four trusted readers provided fine-tuning for my new book, an historical novel on...


WHAT SPEED WAS THE WIND?
127 km/hr at 10.04pm last night. That was the data from Advanced Solutions. The average wind speed over a ten-minute period at 9.13pm was...





