Observations & Oddities
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Open Heart Surgery: A History
I think that because I am a direct result of advancements in medicine and technology, that…
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How Hamilton Is Helping My Writing Quota
During the number, Non-Stop in Hamilton, Aaron Burr steps into the spotlight: Alexander joins forces with…
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Cat On Billboard
Cats were made for the internet… you don’t need facts to explain it. Just ask anyone…
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Dedicated to Ted, my cat
I have come to the realisation, of late, that Ted is much more than a pet.…
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What Plague Doctors Can Teach Us About Mask Wearing
The Black Death, currently the world’s topped ranked epidemic, killed between 70–200 million deaths. It raged…
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Simple Plan: There From The Start
It is common knowledge that for every teenager of any generation there is always a band…
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Writing Companions: Dogs
My main dog was a Maltese x Shih Shu called Molly that I had for the majority…
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Writing Companions: Cats
Many writers have a companion, that keeps them company while they slave away over what pronoun to…
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Because I got High… on Comedy
Some people take drugs or alcohol to give them a high; I go and see stand-up…
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Frankenstein and the Social Model of Disability
There are many themes that someone could see when they read Frankenstein. My reading of Frankenstein…
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I adopted Nellie
I never thought I would want kids, I am a strong interdependent woman who doesn’t need……
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Oliver, Charles and the Workhouses
Workhouses were a part of everyday life in 19th century London, for most people however, the…
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History influencing Fiction: Les Miserables
Historical fiction is a literary genre that is defined as ‘written at least fifty years after…
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Words That Can Sing: The Phantom of The Opera
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux (originally published Le fantome de l’Opera)has been said to be…
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Pride and Prejudice 2.0
The Original Text One of the most relevant stories that was produced during this time is Pride and…
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EWF14 Panel: Keeping Them Honest
What the program stated:We are bringing together the top talent behind Australia’s best magazines, books and…
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EWF14: The Lives of Others
What the program stated:How do we go about representing other people in our writing? If Joan…
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EWF14 Panel: Funny how? How am I Funny?
What the program said:Why are so many young writers caught up with being so serious? These…
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EWF14 Panel: The Voices On The Page
What the program stated:What’s the best way to capture the essence of a voice? Dialogue, verbatim…
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EWF14: Ambassadors 5 Rules for Writing
Today was the first day of the Emerging Writers Festival National Conference and every year there…
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Lightbulb: a word on creativity
I was once asked where do I get all my ideas from? Why do all these…
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Accepting Compliments
As a comedian we all know that there are those types of gigs that we love…
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So what’s with the Public Domain?
After getting a Kindle Touch last week and falling in love with it I became more…
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Oh To the Friends I Have Met
On Friday 13th January 2012 I said a final goodbye to a show that without, I would not…