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• Temerity prayer
  on May 3, 2016 in Poem anger Australia farm gun control humor humour prayer revenge rifle satire sniper
  – God grant me the serenity to forgive people I can change; courage to take out those I cannot and wisdom to know the difference at 1200 metres in fading light with a 10 km crosswind. – Brought to you by Imagine Day the book.
• Bitter brew
  on Mar 27, 2016 in Poem alcohol beer bereavement brewing dad death father grief home brew
  – Glug, glug, glug, go the dregs of my dad’s last home brew. Not down my throat, but in the sink. Testament to 30 years of continuous unimprovement. It began as a fine recipe. With fresh ingredients from a ‘way-out’ 70s health...
• Cite lines
  on Feb 27, 2016 in copywriting business writing communication copyright copywrite copywriter LinkedIn write writer writing
  Here’s a client question that may interest: I was reading a LinkedIn post and I wanted to know the legal rights if I want to use any of that post in a report. I replied: To be on the safe side, put anything you use in “quotes” and give the...
• Seeing red
  on Feb 22, 2016 in Short Story confinement mars novel paranoia planet psychology sci-fi science fiction space Story writing
  Guy and Jock were catching up over coffee. It wasn’t real coffee, because they were 58 million kilometres from Melbourne. And it wasn’t a real catch up, because they’d spent four years in training, 252 days on a dummy Mars run in a...
• The very bad detective
  on Feb 12, 2016 in Short Story Uncategorized crime detective Story thriller
  Episode 2. Phone tap. The dame composed herself and drew up her long legs. The detective glanced at the scene. ‘Like what you see?’ she purred. ‘I’m not really into pastels.’ ‘You think I’ll turn to water?...
• The very bad detective
  on Feb 12, 2016 in Short Story Uncategorized crime detective Story thriller
  Episode 1.  Nothing like a dame. This is a story about one of those detectives with the hat and the fan and the venetian blinds. Except this detective had wooden blinds from Freedom Furniture. The string had snapped and the slats slid about like ice...
• Paedophile blues
  on Jan 28, 2016 in Poem child abuse court justice paedophile rehabilitation retribution scout victim
  – Hey there, mis- ter scout- mas- ter; sittin’ in the dock. – Bet you did- n’t bank on this, when you grabbed my – attention. – –    ...
• Anxiety
  on Jan 26, 2016 in Poem alcohol anxiety depression life medication nerves recovery sobriety
  – Got the irrits and the shits. Can’t abide nongs or nitwits. Think I’ll shake myself to bits. Anxiety. – Put away the jolly pills. Out of bed to pay the bills. Hi! to Life! and all its ills. Anxiety. – Kick away my trus...
• Bitter lemon
  on Jan 21, 2016 in Poem climate change farm farming food lemon tree
  – I asked the grocer why he was selling just USA lemons. – He said the sun had fried all the flowers in Queensland. – A melancholy Eureka.   –...
• Alcohold
  on Dec 14, 2015 in Poem abuse addiction alcohol alcoholic Alptraum booze cure drug drug abuse ethanol grog healing hope Nina Hagen poetry poison recovery rehabilitation
  – Alcohol’s a millstone That drags you to the deep. It poisons all your daytimes, And Alptraums your sleep. – It steals ‘fun’ from your future, Yet when it comes it’s gone. And if you ever get there, You’ll f...
• Hoarse play
  on Nov 1, 2015 in Poem animal cruelty equine horse horse racing Melbourne Cup
  – Let’s go bash a horse about! – Dress up, drink down and bet and shout. – And if perchance it falls down dead, forswear your heart and lose your head. –...
• And: another thing.
  on Jul 16, 2015 in copywriting & ampersand bio business writing communication copwriter copywrite copywriter curriculum vitae cv LinkedIn resume write writer writing
  I just did the penultimate edit of a resume (CV). My client asked why I changed most instances of ‘and’ to ampersands (&) in his many bullet points. Here’s what I replied: In the context of this document, using ampersands lets b...
• Leaf
  on Jun 14, 2015 in Diagnosis Family Mind Nature Senses Sight Touch asperger aspergers aspie aspies autism child leaf leaves panic parenting symptom
  At age three, you or your child may be told to put 50 fallen liquid amber leaves in a bucket. Sounds fair: kids should help around the home. 50 ain’t many. It’s a fine day. Parents are near. So why the crying? The liquid amber leaf shape...
• Treasure grove
  on Jun 11, 2015 in copywriting Aaron Organ Bibron's Toadlet blog brand business writing client communication content copwriter copywrite copywriter Ecology and Heritage Partners website
  I recently helped a client with the piece below. Aaron’s aim was to give a personal perspective of his profession. When we were done, however, we realised the content wasn’t ‘newsy’ enough for the Latest News section of Ecolog...
• Tanks for the memories – the importance of research
  on May 28, 2015 in copywriting brand business writing client communication copwriter copywrite copywriter corporate branding cruiser Overloon research tank war write writer writing
  I love doing research. This is lucky, as copywriters must do stacks of it to be any good. Get one fact wrong and you can: Torpedo an ad. Destroy a campaign. Sink a brand. Lose a client. Trash your reputation. So when it comes to looking stuff up, I&#...
• Gym
  on May 23, 2015 in Body School Touch Treatment asperger aspergers aspie aspies autism comfort hug box hug machine Temple Grandin
  Poor coordination, low self esteem, lack of team spirit and/or a preference for academic pursuits may make school gymnasium time dispiriting and uncomfortable. There may be one activity, however, that you do enjoy. If the gym has large, thick, heavy...
• Gathering the clans
  on May 19, 2015 in social media audience blog blogger blogging reading writing
  To my surprise and dismay, I recently found that one of my most loyal readers had missed some recent pivotal blog posts. On investigation, it emerged that he wasn’t across all the blogs I write. To remedy this, I sent him the list below. It the...
• Commission
  on Apr 12, 2015 in Treatment asperger aspergers aspie aspies child abuse comfort paedophile pedophile
  If you’re young, your otherness may make you an easy target for paedophiles. If you’re unlucky enough to fall victim, the road to recovery may be twisted and long. Medication, alcohol, therapy, creative writing – all may fail to hea...
• Imagine
  on Mar 25, 2015 in Benefits Interests Mind Recreation Senses Sight Treatment asperger aspergers aspie aspies book fiction publish writing
  Do you wonder what aspie fiction is like? This collection of 19 short stories may give you an idea. It took 20 years to create. That should make it 200% better than Catch 22. You can determine if this is true by buying Imagine Day. To do so, go here...
• The true tale of Elizabeth Frensington-Smythe
  on Mar 22, 2015 in copywriting brand business writing client communication copwriter copywrite copywriter corporate branding edit editing email name personal brand website write writer writing
  I was rewriting a large website for a client with the glorious double-barrelled name (changed for this tale) of Elizabeth Frensington-Smythe. With big projects, I often begin with small bits and work my way up at increasing speed. Staff bios (profile...