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Open Mic Night 104

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Whatever your talent, Busybird’s Open Mic Night is a great place to showcase your wares. And, of course, you can just come along and watch!

Open Mic Night 105

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Whatever your talent, Busybird’s Open Mic Night is a great place to showcase your wares. And, of course, you can just come along and watch!

Open Mic Night 103

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Whatever your talent, Busybird’s Open Mic Night is a great place to showcase your wares. And, of course, you can just come along and watch!

The Scratching of Pen Nibs

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Review of the Winter Solstice Writing Retreat, June 2021 Kinglake, Victoria is surrounded by trees and national park. On the third weekend of June 2021, it was also shrouded in … Continued

Authorial Voice

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When editing, the line between improving and erasing authorial voice can be thin. An editor may find themselves curling their lip at an author’s prose, wanting to delete and start … Continued

[untitled] is back!

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Hey, writers, Klurisa here, the new chief editor of [untitled], letting you know [untitled] is back! (Whoah! – the crowd goes wild). Oh! I love a great short story. Don’t you? Some … Continued

The Fallacy of Inspiration

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In his excellent memoir, On Writing, Stephen King compares writing a story to discovering an artefact – you discover the story idea, but it’s encased in mud and dirt, and … Continued