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This week I have been staying with my sister. She has a new cat. The new cat’s name is Marple and she is as sweet as pumpkin pie. Her sweetness makes her quite a contrast to my own beastly creature, but that is only the beginning of their differences. While my cat uses his scratching...

[Trigger warning: content includes discussions about rape and sexual assault] The Sentencing Advisory Council of Tasmania is currently considering the sentencing of offenders convicted of sex offences in Tasmania. They have released a research paper and are seeking public opinion. In...

The bride was late. After waiting 40 minutes, the celebrant sat down to ease his knees and had fallen asleep. After an hour and a half, the bridesmaids had given up on decorum and were flirting outrageously with the groomsmen, who had pulled out a flask and were offering it around. The flower...

This evening after a couple of glasses of wine, I decided it was a good idea to replace my faulty exhaust fan myself, instead of waiting for a professional, or even merely capable, person to do it for me. “I am a competent individual,” I said to myself, driven by the over...

Today I’m taking part in a special blog hop with the In Fabula-Divino authors. We are all hosting different authors as they answer five questions about their experience as part of the In Fabula-Divino anthology. You also have the opportunity to enjoy a little extract from each of our...

Walking through town the other day I spotted this sign: To be clear, it is an advertisement for a cafe. This might not be immediately apparent due to the image of a small baby taking over the majority of the sign. Don’t get me wrong, I want to gobble up babies as much as the next overly...

Given my rather sedate existence, I’m always troubled by the number of peculiar incidents that befall me. In particular, the weirdest things seem to happen when I’m in my car. I’ve mentioned before that I’ve been in many car accidents, one while I was stationary at the...

Do you love my blog? Do you think it is the best blog in town? Are you one of my most loyal subscribers? Perhaps you’ve never read my blog before now, but stumbled across it as you hunted for the ultimate crocheted birds’ nest pattern or suggestions for how to handle your school...

Yesterday the power went out. My computer screen flicked off and immediately my heart began racing at 400million-trillion-miles per hour as I wondered if I’d lost the last hour’s worth of work. I always hit CTRL+S so obsessively that losing work is next to impossible, so often...

Holly Kench has a phobia of author biographies, most particularly the need to write one about herself. On being asked to write an author bio over 150 words in length, Holly went into a panic and wrote this instead. She doesn’t believe that more than 100 words are necessary to sum up this...

Thank you to everyone who entered this week’s Funny Zombie Flash Fiction Contest. Every single one of the entries blew me away. I laughed, I shuddered, laughed again, and checked under my bed and in my wardrobe. Certainly, I was impressed by the writing talent, but mostly I was...

“The time has come,” the Olive said, “For a zombie flash fiction competition!” It might not have quite the ring of Lewis Carroll, but it’s bound to be just as fun. So step right up, flash fiction addicts and zombie fanatics alike. The Rules: 1. Write a story in...

Some of my long time readers may remember early last year when I was uncontrollably excited because my first fiction short story had been accepted as part of a project called “In Fabula-Divino”. The project was open to previously unpublished writers and provided a month of...

This morning I had to wake up at a normal human hour. The horror! Being a night owl who works from home, I usually don’t get out of bed until about 10am. I know, how slothful. But in my defense, I’m sure I go to bed later than you so no need to be such a judgy wudgy bear. The reason I had to...