The Watching Aboriginals
Our title at least for now is “The Bitter Creek” The year our story begins is 1834, but even that needs some thought: to be true to our story, we should say that the real narative of some aboriginal participants (characters) been … Continue reading
Producing a novel and sharing the project: Make sense or timewaster?
The whys and the where-fors of entering another writer’s room A writer has been nursing a story for decades and never quite got to what you might call a ‘draft’. He determines to finish the drafts. He … Continue reading
Background to The Bitter Creek (a work in progress)
This could be a starting point for your experiences on this journal. Think about how you want to get involved! What do you want to achieve in this period? Here are some of my ideas and experiences that are central to the story of The Bitter Creek. They are also involved in my effort to … Continue reading
CSIRO Parkes Telescope
This telescope and its lit mobile dish are visible for many miles (kilometres) across farm lands, across creeks and over two parallel roads: Wellington Road (65 miles) , and a road to Peak Hill (15 miles). The area was and is country known to the ancient Wardgjeri tribe of Australian aboriginals,
Why most Authors Write in Their Native-Language
Why most authors write in their own native-language is simply, because most successful and top-selling authors do. They call on others to translate their work for other audiences in the world. Some reasons and examples Henning Mankell (famous crime writer, novelist, speaker : “Before the Frost” etc, Mankell often gives interviews in English and can … Continue reading
An Italian metals welder …
An Italian metals welder walked out into the night. He stood for a moment looking up from the yet-incomplete dish of a huge telescope in NSW. Out of the deepest darkness he watched as a towering shape rising out from below: the towering face of an aboriginal magician or leader.
"The Bitter Creek" 