Writing is about learning the craft.  It is about reading and writing and mixing with like minded people.  If you live in a very remote area as I do, then using all the new media is a great way of keeping up with what's happening in the writing world.  I have discovered these weekly podcasts by Allison Tait and Valerie Khoo to be one of the best … Read More

As I watch the Bombing of Darwin ceremonies in Darwin in reminds of when my younger brother Billy Tapp and I spent a year at school there in 1965 with my Aunty Pat and Uncle Rex Forscutt in  the seside suburb of Nightcliff .  We used to play at the beach most afternoons and regularly picked up large bullets - We would take them home and Uncle Rex … Read More