Toward You
Sheets sigh in daylightI roll toward your quiet warmthDay keeps us closer
July 2026
Ramping up the Euro-Kitsch with “Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision” Musical
After months of writing and routine, Michael and Margo escape to the theatre for Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision, a gloriously kitsch parody packed with sequins, outrageous songs and audience voting. The night rekindles old stage memories and proves that sometimes writers need spectacle, laughter and creative chaos around them.
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Chasing Water Into the Desert: Our South Australian Outback Tour to Lake Eyre
We travelled through South Australia’s outback to see Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre holding water. Closed tracks changed the journey from bus to light aircraft, revealing floodwater, pelican colonies, donger accommodation, Coober Pedy’s underground rooms, and the strange beauty of a desert briefly transformed by Queensland rain.
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Choosing Aged Cats Over Kittens
Why choose an adult cat over a kitten? For me, personality matters more than cuteness. Sharkey and Levi arrived as shelter cats, became family, and quietly accompanied the writing of SEETHINGS—sleeping on my desk, squeezing behind me on my chair, and softening the darker places explored in my fiction.
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Promoting Novels Through Online Channels and Self-Publishing
Promoting an independently published novel involves far more than posting on social media. An author’s website provides the stable centre: a controlled space where useful articles, topic clusters and internal links help search engines understand the work, attract suitable readers and quietly guide them towards discovering—and ultimately buying—the books themselves.
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Sexual Denial. The Silent Sexual Abuse No One Talks About.
When intimacy becomes a weapon, refusal can leave wounds no one sees. This provocative essay examines sexual denial inside monogamous relationships, asking when personal choice crosses into manipulation, control and emotional harm—and why couples trapped in long-term sexless marriages often struggle to name what is happening to them clearly.
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Should Fiction Authors Use WordPress to Promote Their Content?
Can WordPress help fiction authors find readers and sell books? A website offers a permanent home for excerpts, ideas and the themes behind a novel. But publishing alone is not enough. Authors must create inviting pathways that turn passing visitors into curious readers—and, eventually, loyal ones who return again.
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Orphaned Feathers. A Strange Collection Obsession of 60+ Years (or Healthy Hobby?)
Margo has collected feathers since childhood, rescuing each one she finds and carrying it home for safekeeping. Watching her reveals how much a simple habit can tell us about someone. Writers collect things too: gestures, expressions and peculiar behaviours that may one day give fictional characters their own convincing lives.
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The “No Sex Before The Wedding Day” Rule Destroyed Our Marriage
Can celibacy bring two people closer—or quietly teach them to live without intimacy? After seven years of abstinence, one couple reached their wedding night only to discover that desire no longer felt natural. This candid story explores how waiting reshaped their relationship and ultimately helped destroy their marriage forever.
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