Neo-noirotica writer Michael Forman is set to launch his third novel shortly. His book will likely include historic monuments from the infamous St Helena Convict Settlement and its graveyard of tormented souls. Forman, who is no stranger to the darker side of writing, is currently researching the details of two cemeteries located on the western […]
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It’s an exquisite holiday destination on an idyllic island in the blue waters of the Pacific Ocean. There’s volleyball, scuba diving, quad biking and every water sport you can imagine happening on and around the shore at Tangalooma Resort. It sounds like the blurb from a brochure, right? No, these are my words. I’ve been
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Is it possible to scare away our followers by sending them too much content in too short of a time? Yes. Absolutely. Burning-out followers with incessant or irrelevant Tweets is a real thing. Abuse Twitter followers like this, expect to be blocked or muted and then left in the dark. Well, someone had to say
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White noise. Static. Overpowering crackling was what l got when I stepped closer to the inverter. My pocket radio couldn’t handle the radiation anymore. It squealed uncontrollably. The interference totally obliterated the station I was listening to. It was weird. Guess what? Inverters leak out massive amounts of radiation — right into ME! That little
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We’ve been told by Church that sex before marriage is a definate no no, that it’s to be saved for a special time, a wedding night, right? That’s what I was told. It’s what was expected of me. Most of my friends were taught to believe the very same thing. But I’ve found out a
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It was just sitting there, waiting to be found and rescued. Without help, they didn’t stand a chance. So I did what I could do to bring the bees back from the brink of disaster. I’m an apiary novice. It’d become a fully fledged hobby if I had a hive at home. I write novels,
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It’s called Responsiveness. It’s when a webpage actively changes to suit the device it’s being viewed on. No matter whether it’s being seen on a tiny phone, a large iPad, held vertically OR horizontally, a well-coded and highly responsive page will match the browsing screen as its required. Without responsiveness, browsing on e-devices would get
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Logan City’s Dark Fiction Writer Speaks Out ‘It’s not a ghetto,’ says Michael Forman, ‘not to those who live in Logan.’ Woodridge and it’s surrounds came from a humble timber felling history, trees sourced mainly for its Eucalyptus. It was little more than siding post on the Gold Coast to Brisbane rail line. A train
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Duyfken visited my home port, a marina in Scarborough (Qld), over a decade ago. When I heard she was visiting Mandurah, I had to go out and meet her, y’know, have another look at her pass by the heads of my new home port. Here she is arriving for her stay here not too long
Duyfken Visits Mandurah. Vintage Replica Ship Comes To my Hometown. Read More »