Launch: ‘Portrait’ Yay! The ‘Portrait’ anthology has been launched! Created from the 2020 ‘Art & Words Project’ – a collaboration between myself, the Northern Beaches Libraries and Manly Art Gallery & Museum – it features 12 writers and poets, and 12 artists, in a themed collaboration devised and edited by…
Wow, what a fun series that was – we have seen a lot of handwriting over the past few weeks! What about your handwriting? Have you analysed it yet? Do you have a broad perspective on life, do emotions rule your thinking, are you optimistic or visionary, how much do…
What kind of books does Jack Dann write? Science fiction and anthologies. Tell me more! JACK DANN is a multiple award winning author who has written or edited over seventy books, including the groundbreaking novels Junction, Starhiker, The Man Who Melted, The Memory Cathedral – which is an international bestseller, the Civil War…
Graphologists claim your handwriting can reveal clues to your personality and that no two people have the same handwriting. Being an unconscious habit, we tend to weave our identities into the way we write, so by analysing size, slant and pressure graphologists can determine things like imagination, self-confidence, repression and…
I never sleep well without Hubbie (ahh…). So what to do when I’m away as I am now and can’t sleep? I know… blog!! I’ve been at #Conflux9 – Australia’s 52nd Natcon – for two days now and it’s been so fantastic I can’t wait any longer to share it…
Last week, I was wondering why I had such a methodical approach to reading short story anthologies. Having just read four anthologies back-to-back, I found myself adding up the number of stories I enjoyed, calculating what percentage that was of the whole, and the result reflected my reading enjoyment of…
A friend recently asked me to review a short story anthology. Never having done this before, I didn’t know how to start. So I got pen and paper ready, took notes. Having now read four anthologies back-to-back, I’ve discovered something about the way I read and enjoy them… For some…
