Pinterest once sent 1,500 monthly visitors to my author website, powered by 25,000 pins about storms, photography, sailing and dark fiction. The platform still offers discovery and analytics tools, but its declining return raises a harder question for writers: is Pinterest worth the time required to make it work today?
At our coastal home, writing dark fiction shares space with beehives, visiting birds and backyard chickens. Using leftover renovation materials, Margo and I built a secure chook pen and welcomed our new laying hens. Now we’re waiting for their first small, richly flavoured homegrown eggs to arrive for breakfast soon.
Backyard Chickens and Fresh Eggs: A Simple Step Towards Sustainable Living Read More »
Before SEETHINGS had a name, it wore several others while I rewrote the manuscript, tested cover designs, and listened to readers. This old announcement takes me back to the moment everything finally clicked together: the title, the cover, and the nervous joy of publishing a story entirely on my own.
When SEETHINGS Finally Found Its Name Read More »
A new book trailer? Not quite. This time, the trailer is for my boat. After years of registration limbo, missing paperwork and delicate family politics, I finally replaced the old beast with something new. Now the nonsense can stay ashore while Margo and I get back to fishing together again.
My New Trailer Is Finished Read More »
Anger demands action, but writers can make better use of it. Save the clenched jaw, cruel thought and flash of primitive justice. Distil those sensations into characters, motives and psychological tension. On the page, frustration becomes more than an emotion. It becomes fuel for fiction that knows where darkness hides.
How to Save Your Anger and Frustration—Then Turn Them into Dark Fiction Read More »
AI hashtag generators can scan an image and produce suggestions in seconds, but speed does not guarantee relevance. For authors and book bloggers, the trick is letting artificial intelligence identify possibilities without surrendering judgement. The machine may recognise the photograph, but only the writer understands the story hiding beneath it.
Save Writing Hashtags. Let An AI App Take Care Of That For You. Read More »
Long before SEETHINGS, I stepped onto the stage as Fagin in PRIMA’s production of Oliver! Two contemporary reviews remembered the singing, dancing, costumes and chaos—and kindly named me among the show’s highlights. Here’s a nostalgic glimpse at one unforgettable community-theatre production and the colourful cast who brought it alive.
PRIMA’s Oliver! Musical Production: Review and Highlights Read More »
Visit Michael Forman’s Latest page for writing news, book updates, podcast notes, travel stories and the occasional distraction from Mandurah. It is the informal corner of the website, where works in progress, refreshed posts, personal observations and minor disasters appear before the darkness returns in his fiction and novels again.
Michael Forman’s Latest Author Updates and Dark Writing News Read More »
Podcasting from home means battling humming microphones, barking dogs, noisy appliances and the neighbour who fires up his leaf blower at the worst possible moment. Between electrical interference, late-night recording sessions and endless editing, producing The Dirty Rabbit Hole is rarely quiet—but it is always honest and deeply personal.
Podcasting at Home: The Humming Microphone and That Damn Leaf-Blower Guy Next Door Read More »
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.
Ramping up the Euro-Kitsch with “Eurobeat – Almost Eurovision” Musical Read More »