Writing a new show is scary. I remember tearing my hair out when I was starting what finally became “An Unexpected Variety Show”, namely...

What is it about us human beings and our capacity to always want what we can’t have? This book, for instance. It sat in my bookcase for...

If I ever have a podcast, I want this to be the image for it. I was pretty slow to jump on the podcast wagon, much to my own...

Last night, butterflies fluttered. Tears rolled. And my marriage improved. All in the name of this here doco which I picked up for a tidy...

1. What was your New Years Resolution and did you keep it? I can’t even remember so I’m gonna go with “no.” 2. Did anyone close to you...

*Moderately whingey blog entry to follow. Enter at your own peril. I have a confession to make. I’m finding it hard to get over my ego....

1. It feels like a breath of awesome every time I walk in there, namely cos I know what I’m there for. To write. And cartoon. And...

Snapped this on a train in the Big Apple. LOVE that tatt! Tempted to get one of the Brissie skyline but somehow it Quickie update: 1. I...

In NYC - the tavern where the likes of Jack Kerouac hung out. And wrote. And drank. So it’s time again for National Novel Writing Month!...

Don't get it? Nah, me either. That my best friend and I thought this was completely hilarious at the time is proof of the intoxicating...

Image courtesy of boston.com I should qualify this little list of tips by saying that I’m not an expert on getting grants – if anything,...

Treasured Comic Mummy reader Claire asks: Speaking as a Brit with new Government in place, my question is “Why do we think our vote will...

Over at Kelly Rae’s e-course, there’s quite a bit of discussion going on amongst the participants on how the heck you stay on top of the...

Many years ago, I had the amazing privilege of meeting the now-late Colin Thiele. Author of Storm Boy amongst other classics of...

So in all my calls to bravado of “Share Your Dreams!”, my dear friend Alex picked up on the fact that my shouts to action hadn’t quite...

I read somewhere recently the most overused word on the internet/blogosphere/twittersphere right now is “Wow.” Which sucks, cos I have...

Do you know what you call those who use towels and never wash them, eat meals and never do the dishes, sit in rooms they never clean, and...

So I had this whole idea in my head (where I usually keep them, you see), that I would write about my new little ‘art passion’ over on a...

Blogging and I have had a bit of an on-off love affair over the past, oh boy, I guess it’s coming up to five years now. I started...

I thought 2010 was all about taking the big step in putting myself out there. I’ve spent the past couple of years getting myself ready...