Many writers have shared their thoughts with the public:

"There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder." - Brian Aldiss

"Writing is not a genteel profession; it's quite nasty and tough and kind of dirty." - Rosemary Mahoney

"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own." - Carol Burnett

"Those who write clearly have readers. Those who write obscurely have commentators." -Albert Camus

"If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages." - Elaine Liner

"When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing." - Enrique Jardiel Poncela

"Proofread carefully to see if you any words out." - Anon

My Non-Fiction

Most of the writings listed below are included in my ebooks. See the 'My Books' tab. I write my own material - I don't hire ghostwriters or use AI software.

• Don't Talk at Kindy! (796 words, 2024)
• Christmas Newsletter (485 words, 2023)
• Xenohunters New Improved Rulebook (21,529 words, 2023) - click to download
• Christmas Newsletter (425 words, 2022)
• Christmas Newsletter (575 words, 2021)
• Christmas Newsletter (505 words, 2020)
• Life With a Ragdoll (609 words, 2020) - published in NWG anthology 2020
• Long-Haired Cats (4291 words, 2020)
• Steve Jackson's Game Design Workshop (492 words, 2020)
• Christmas Newsletter (494 words, 2019)
• Christmas Newsletter (578 words, 2018)
• Tapestry article (2000 words, 2018)
• Anaesthesia for Operations (15,249 words, 2018)
• Christmas Newsletter (598 words, 2017)
• Writers' Handbook (10,334 words, 2017)
• Book Review of To Love, Honour and Betray by Kathy Lette (362 words, 2017)
• The Danger of a Small Rock (11,100 words, 2017)
• A Question of Informed Consent (18,548 words, 2017)
• A 20 Year Mystery (7658 words, 2017)
• Christmas Newsletter (554 words, 2016)
• Kittydotes: a collection of cat anecdotes (5991 words, 2016)
• Grandma Violet (795 words, 2016) - published in ZineWest 2016
• Christmas Newsletter (454 words, 2015)
• Travelling Across the USA Three Months After 9/11 (3962 words, 2015)
• The Difference Between Fiction and Reality (708 words, 2015)
• A Special Trip to Canberra (1095 words, 2015)
• I Tied an Onion to my Belt (2015)
• Christmas Newsletter (505 words, 2014)
• A Glimpse Into Islam (1201 words, 2014)
• Christmas Newsletter (588 words, 2013)
• Ironic Observations (199 words, 2013)
• Book Review of 2048 by Richard Lawrence (361 words, 2013) - published on the NSW Writers' Centre blog
• Zoo Report (439 words, 2013)
• Jaz (204 words, 2013)
• A Failed Romance (396 words, 2012)
• Book Review of From Dinosaur to Dynamite: The Secret of Joyful Sex by Patricia Murray-Chute (408 words, 2012)
• Book Review of Turquoise by Ayshe Talay-Ongan (360 words, 2012) - published in the Newsbite e-newsletter 14/2/2012
• Christmas Newsletter (265 words, 2011)
• Book Review of Born to Run by John M. Green (449 words, 2011) - published in the PIC newsletter Sep 2011
• Book Review of Blotch by Monica Lizama (156 words, 2011) - published in the Newsbite e-newsletter 25/7/11
• Modernised Phonetic Alphabet (79 words, 2011)
• PIs Vs Police Detectives (457 words, 2011)
• Losing the Plot (and Re-creating It) (1024 words, 2011)
• Book Review: Demichat and the Kent St Mystery by Toni Brisland (161 words, 2011) - published in the Newsbite e-newsletter 18/4/11
• Christmas Newsletter (161 words, 2010)
• Character Building Exercise (792 words, 2010)
• Novel Writing 2: Nice Day for a Murder (1073 words, 2010)
• Novel Writing 1: Sarah's Adventure (815 words, 2010)
• "Oh No, You Can't Do That!" (699 words, 2010)
• Where Writers Get Ideas From (343 words, 2010)
• Getting Published: Some Statistics (274 words, 2010)
• Computer Game Review: Avatar (250 words, 2010)
• Christmas Newsletter (208 words, 2009)
• How Eating a Vegetarian Diet Makes Other People Go Crazy (817 words, 2009)
• Doing Dunedoo (626 words, 2009)
• Book Review of Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell (323 words, 2009)
• Book Review of Shadows in the Ice by Des Hunt (288 words, 2009)
• Media Release on Scarlet Stiletto Win (457 words, 2009) - published in Auburn Review and as Top to Tail a Winner in Parramatta Sun
• The Future of the Workplace (457 words, 2009)
• Renting With Pets (1124 words, 2009)
• The Great Flat Hunt (1117 words, 2009)
• An Act of Wild Rebellion (500 words, 2009) - published in Writers Connect e-newsletter 2009 and NWG Anthology 2013
• Cop Shop Open Day (1166 words, 2009)
• Book Review: Shattered by Gabrielle Lord (192 words, 2009) - published in Stiletto #29
• Christmas Newsletter (965 words, 2008)
• The Secret to Free Travel (635 words, 2008) - published as Psst... I'll Let You in on a Little Secret in Australian Senior Traveller Mar 09
• A Year as a Journalist (1864 words, 2008)
• Flying Free (877 words, 2008) - published in Australian Traveller Feb/Mar 09
• Tigers, Teacups and Terror (745 words, 2008) - published on the Pure Travel website 2011
• Foxy Crimes (629 words, 2008)
• Villawood - Victims or Villains? (1530 words, 2008) - published on Journal of Politics and Culture website 2008
• Poetry Receives a Second Life (408 words, 2008) - published in Newswrite Dec 08/Jan 09
• Building Fantastic Worlds (607 words, 2008) - published in Newswrite Aug 08 and NZ Author Aug/Sep 08
• Dark Lives (1480 words, 2008) - published on AWBR website 20.1
• Searching for Nemo on the Great Barrier Reef (767 words, 2008)
• Becoming a Shopping Spy (670 words, 2008)
• Book Review: The Dark Part of Me by Belinda Burns (198 words, 2008)
• Hotel Review: Magnolia Court Boutique Hotel (423 words, 2008)
• Gaoled! (908 words, 2008) - published as Gaol Tour Intimidating Experience in Australian Senior Traveller May 08
• Hotel Review: Victoria Hall Accomodation (642 words, 2008)
• Book Review: Intertwined Lives by Marilyn Holly and Donald Broadribb (467 words, 2008)
• A Millionaire in Bucharest (623 words, 2007)
• Liala (3122 words, 2007)
• Threats and Opportunities (1277 words, 2007)
• Humanist Economics (774 words, 2007) - published on Thylazine website 2007
• Flight and Asylum (808 words, 2007)
• Making Dreams Come True (802 words, 2007) - published in NZ Author Aug/Sep 07
• UTS Anthology Launch (999 words, 2007) - published as New Collection a Showcase of Talent in Festival News #3
• Inspiring Creativity (724 words, 2007) - published in Festival News #2
• Slums of the Future? (589 words, 2007) - published as Future Shock for Apartment Dwellers in Festival News #1
• Patrick White's Beautiful Mind (668 words, 2007) - published in Newswrite Feb 08
• Sneaking Around (699 words, 2007) - published in NZ Author Dec 07/Jan 08 and UTS writers' ezine 2008
• Aussie Spec-Fic Markets (625 words, 2007) - published as Why it Pays to be Speculative in NA Author Apr/May 07 and as Speculative Fiction in Newswrite Aug 07
• Doggywood (796 words, 2007)
• Brian Peters Inquest 2 (600 words, 2007) - published on UTS Reportage website 2007
• Brian Peters Inquest 1 (600 words, 2007) - published on UTS Reportage website 2007
• How Not to Get to Niagara Falls (984 words, 2007) - published as Let Good Sense be Your Guide in Australian Senior Traveller Oct 07
• Horses Win Prizes in Dog Show (301 words, 2007) - published on Village Voice website
• Pony Wins First Place in Mardi Gras Dog Show (2007) - published on Village Voice website
• Inquest Into Death of Cremorne Journalist (450 words, 2007) - published as What Really Happened in East Timor: Cremorne Local Forces Inquest on Village Voice website and in e-newsletter and as Enduring Struggle for Justice in North Side Courier
• Auction Numbers Up but Sales Stay Down (2007) - published on Village Voice website
• Residents' Anger Grows as Trees are Pruned (2007) - published on Village Voice website and as Pruning Opens Old Wounds in Wentworth Courier
• Fisherman Dies After Falling Off Cliff at Diamond Bay (2007) - published on Village Voice website and as Fisherman Dies at Diamond Bay in Wentworth Courier and e-newsletter
• Police Close Kings Cross Hotel After Finding Underage Drinkers (2007) - published on Village Voice website
• Police Hunt Down Man Over Double Stabbing in City (2007) - published on Village Voice website
• Christmas Newsletter (336 words, 2006)
• Nuclear Waste Trucked to Botany Bay Under Cover of Dark (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Sales Drop as Hunt Switches From Houses to Presents (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Weekend Auction Sales Sluggish (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Car Slides Into Botany Bay (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Woman Pushed Onto Train Tracks at Circular Quay (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Teenager Arrested After Attack Puts Police Officer in Hospital (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Two Men Attacked With Bottles at Bondi Junction Hotel (2006) - published on Village Voice website
• Notes on the Daily Telegraph (935 words, 2006)
• Journalism notes (1260 words, 2006)
• Movie Review: My Neighbours the Yamadas (78 words, 2006)
• Grant (93 words, 2006)
• Sneaky Gozzip (2196 words, 2006)
• Cracking Open Investigative Journalism (1076 words, 2006)
• Sydney Life Photographic Exhibition 2006 (368 words, 2006) - published on UTS Newsday website 2006
• Creepy Man (983 words, 2006)
• Max Kelly Forum 2006 (787 words, 2006) - published as Historian Says Party is Over for Sydney in Precinct #2 2006
• Max Kelly Medal 2006 (406 words, 2006) - published as Award is Music to Emily's Ears in Precinct #2 2006
• Standing Up To Centrelink (1010 words, 2006)
• Book Review: Blue Smoke by Nora Roberts (448 words, 2006) - published in Stiletto #28
• The Harry Potter Phenomenon (881 words, 2006) - published in NZ Author Feb/Mar 08
• Speculations (Conflux 3) (1455 words, 2006) - published as Taking Slipstream to the Mainstream in NZ Author Feb/Mar 07
• Changes to ASIO Act (3138 words, 2006) - published as ASIO - Protector or Threat to Freedom? in Full Bench #1 2007
• Secrets and Murky Truths (1081 words, 2006) - published in Newswrite Oct 06
• Katrine Narkiewicz profile (257 words, 2006)
• What Makes A Civil Society (Sydney Writers' Festival) (726 words, 2006) - published on Festival News website 2006
• Jem Poster at the Sydney Writers' Festival (600 words, 2006) - published as Relationship Thrives in Destruction of Nature in Festival News #4
• Andy Borowitz at the Sydney Writers' Festival (700 words, 2006) - published as American Comic Set for a Grouse Time Here in Festival News #3
• Margaret Olley at the Sydney Writers' Festival (601 words, 2006) - published as From a Black Hole to a World Rich in Colour in Festival News #2
• Book review: Origin in Death by Nora Roberts/JD Robb (422 words, 2006) - published in Stiletto #29
• Do Plump People Have Plump Pets? (1225 words, 2006)
• A Journey of Discovery (477 words, 2006) - published in Newswrite Jun 06 and Polestar #13
• A House in a Week (725 words, 2006)
• Habitat for Humanity (789 words, 2006)
• Adelaide Perry Prize for Drawing (548 words, 2006) - published in Inner Western Courier
• An Unwilling Queen of Crime (1161 words, 2006) - published on AWBR webstite 18.1
• Book review: Dirty Weekend by Gabrielle Lord (400 words, 2006) - published in Stiletto #27
• Movie review: North Country (505 words, 2006)
• Back to Basics at the Bay (662 words, 2006)
• Cute Crazy Kittens (985 words, 2006)
• Movie review: Get Rich or Die Tryin' (296 words, 2006)
• Movie review: Ek Ajnabee (333 words, 2005)
• African Safari (1129 words, 2005) - published in Australian Senior Traveller Sep 06
• Book review: Sympathy Between Humans by Jodi Compton (416 words, 2005) - published in Stiletto #27
• Book review: World of Chickens by Nick Earls (439 words, 2005)
• The Passion Behind A Writer (Popular Fiction Festival 2005) (791 words, 2005)
• Thrills and Chills (Popular Fiction Festival 2005) (800 words, 2005)
• My Journey To Publication (1225 words, 2005) - published in UTS Fine Print and NZ Author Aug/Sep 06 and as Choosing to Self-Publish in Newswrite Nov 06
• The Fascination of Crime Stories (Popular Fiction Festival 2005) (1105 words, 2005)
• Book review: The Man Who Understood Cats by Michael Allen Dymmoch (403 words, 2005)
• Jonathan Harley at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2005 (524 words, 2005) - published in Newswrite Oct 05
• Gabrielle Lord at the Sydney Writers Festival (491 words, 2005)
• Research and Writing (914 words, 2005)
• Film review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (558 words, 2005) - published on the IMDB website 2005 and in the H2G2 The Post e-newsletter 2005
• Book review: So You Want to Work in Travel and Tourism? by Margaret McAlpine (862 words, 2005) - published in Screen Education #49
• Book review: Spiking the Girl by Gabrielle Lord (281 words, 2005) - published in Stiletto #27
• Computer Game Review: Grand Theft Auto Vice City (1264 words, 2005) - published in the H2G2 The Post e-newsletter 2005
• The Great Chocolate Bar Robbery (513 words, 2005)
• Book review: One Man Running by Clive Egleton (514 words, 2005) - published in the H2G2 The Post e-newsletter 2005
• How to Colour Your Hair With Henna (342 words, 2004)
• Book review: Fetish by Tara Moss (467 words, 2004) - published in the H2G2 The Post e-newsletter 2005
• Film review: Bridget Jones 2: The Edge of Reason (253 words, 2004)
• An Evening With Chris Isaak (394 words, 2004)
• This Is Not An Article (Newcastle youth arts festival, 2004) (950 words, 2004)
• Film review: The Bourne Supremacy (509 words, 2004)
• Web Communities for Photographers (635 words, 2004) - published in Capture Jan/Feb 05
• Seeing Your Words in Print (1338 words, 2004) - published in Writing 4 Success e-newsletter and as Closer Editorial Relationships in NZ Author Feb/Mar 05 and as Stepping To Success in Newswrite Feb 06
• Organising Your Digital Photos (887 words, 2004) - published in Capture Nov/Dec 04
• Writing Compelling Narrative (Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2004) (812 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite Nov 04
• Writing for Performance (Byron Bay Writers' Festival 2004) (791 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite Nov 04
• How I Didn't Marry Douglas Adams (776 words, 2004)
• Aussie Women Whodunnit (Popular Fiction Festival 2004) (1024 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite Sep 04 and Stiletto #26
• Making the Impossible Possible (Popular Fiction Festival 2004) (850 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite Sep 04
• Book review: Lethal Factor by Gabrielle Lord (215 words, 2004) - published in Stiletto #26
• True Crime at the Sydney Writers' Festival 2004 (1386 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite Aug 04 as Criminal Writers Bare All
• Bestsellers (1082 words, 2004) - published in Newswrite July 04
• Watawieh? (1035 words, 2004)
• Forensic Science (1277 words, 2004)
• Book Review of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (1149 words, 2004)
• Speech review: Spotty-Handed Villainesses by Margaret Atwood (245 words, 2004)
• Book review: The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen (1994 words, 2004)
• Article review: Writers on Writing: Opting for Invention Over the Injury of Invasion by Carol Shields (292 words, 2004)
• Article review: Why Bother? by Jonathan Franzen (148 words, 2004)
• Article review: The Present in Fiction by Drusilla Modjeska (239 words, 2004)
• Article review: The Layered Art by Amanda Lohrey (252 words, 2004)
• Article review: My Heroin Christmas by Terry Castle (301 words, 2004)
• Book review: The Killing Hour by Lisa Gardner (417 words, 2003) - published in Stiletto #26
• A Modern Hazard (642 words, 2003) - published on UTS Vertigo poster 2006
• A Beginner's Postmodern Thoughts on Postmodernism for Beginners (2225 words, 2003)
• Wha Place Yourley Es Comen From? (1179 words, 2003)
• Norfolk Island Writers' and Readers' Festival 2003 (4300 words, 2003) - published in Newswrite Oct 03 and on H2G2 website
• Book review: Better Than This by Stuart Harrison (474 words, 2003) - published on the H2G2 website
• Article review: The Inmate World by Goffman (529 words, 2003)
• Article review: Doing Time by Withnell (554 words, 2003)
• Article review: A Matter of Identity by Sacks (485 words, 2003)
• Book review: Baby Did A Bad Bad Thing by Gabrielle Lord (483 words, 2003) - published in Stiletto #25 and on The Radii website 2003 and on the H2G2 website 2003
• Sydney Mardi Gras Parade 2003 (1762 words, 2003)
• A Beginner's Guide To Digital Cameras (2508 words, 2003) - published on the H2G2 website 2003 and on the Photozo website 2004
• Jury Duty for Criminal Trials (1680 words, 2002)
• Book Review of In Search of the Sahara by Quentin Crewe (883 words, 2002)
• Book review: First Fruits by Penelope Evans (291 words, 2002) - published in Stiletto #24 and on the H2G2 website in 2003
• Impressions of Honolulu (1497 words, 2002)
• Do You Know Where Your Towel Is? (The History of The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy) (3017 words, 2002) - published on the H2G2 website 2003
• Les From Detroit (494 words, 2002)
• You are the Light of the World (World Youth Day 2002) (744 words, 2002)
• Fatal MVA (11,321 words, 2002) - published on the H2G2 website 2005
• Corporate Email Policy (222 words, 2001)
• Short Story Review: The Personal Touch by Chet Williamson (395 words, 2001)
• A Night Out (938 words, 2000 edited 2017)
• Book review: Bright Lights Big City by Jay McInerney (1166 words, 2000)
• Guide to Good Management (832 words, 1999)
• Funny Observations (five anecdotes, 1998 - 2015) - Published in Column 8 of the Sydney Morning Herald
• Internet Tutorial (1998) - published on The Chimes website
• Lesser Known Web Browsers (1221 words, 1996)
• Surfing the Net (3108 words, 1996, co-authored with Patrick Pang)
• OSI Model (1715 words, 1996)
• Data Communications notes (6610 words, 1996)
• The Tort of Negligence (2493 words, 1996)
• Computer and Information Law (2460 words, 1996)
• Court Report (1405 words, 1996)
• The Importance of Operating Systems (1766 words, 1995)
• Multi User Dungeon Communities Report (7339 words, 1995)
• NOWSA 1995 (182 words, 1995)
• Women In Computing (772 words, 1995) - published in Athena
• Group Exercise on Learning (1278 words, 1994, co-authored with Farhina Idris and Nelly Stanton)
• Accounting notes (2023 words, 1994)
• Report: BBS Software (3768 words, 1994)
• How to Waste Time (161 words, 1994) - Published on The Post BBS and/or Wild Thoughts BBS
• An Introduction to C Programming (2105 words, 1993, 1994, 1996)