Author Archives: Trent
Avid Reader
My second home is Avid Reader Bookshop in West End. I work there a few days, and it helps keep me sane. But more than that it is a really wonderful bookshop, and today it was declared the Qld Indie … Continue reading
Writing
This has been a very peculiar year, but then all years are peculiar. Being 40 (which is nothing but one of those thinky sort of milestones) and all, having had Bell’s Palsy (which I forget about until my eye starts … Continue reading
New Story at The Review of Australian
I’ve a new story out it’s called Door Thread City. And I’m rather fond of it, a very big thanks to Kate Eltham for pulling this story out of me, and letting me have my head. It’s a sort of … Continue reading
Eight Weeks of Bells
Eight weeks in and recovery is remarkably slow – but I was told to expect this. I reckon I have another couple of months at least until I’m recovered enough that it doesn’t annoy me. But my eye no longer … Continue reading
Short Story Clinic
Angela Slatter, fabulous writer, and one of the finest short story writers I know has given me a reminder (and much appreciated kick up the bum). I’m running a short story clinic with the QWC over the next six months … Continue reading
Four and a bit weeks of the Palsy
Four and a bit weeks in and I’m starting to recover. Very slowly, of course, this thing never moves as fast as you’d like, but there’s definite signs, best of all my eye is starting to blink, which has relieved … Continue reading
Tate, Hope, The Unliked, and Cicatrix City
So, while I’m buried deep in a new book (and still partially facially paralyzed). I thought I’d revisit the last books. I don’t know if I had a lot of time for reflection while writing them. So here are some … Continue reading
Two Weeks In
Two weeks of Bell’s Palsy has been a curious thing. I can almost forget I have it until I need to speak, or eat, or drink – there’s been a few spills. Fortunately writing is a relatively solitary activity, so … Continue reading
Sweet Tooth and Slipping Back into the Writing
It’s lovely when you just slip back into a story after a bit of a break and it’s still there and flowing. Today was my first real writing day since Xmas – other than a bit of note taking (and … Continue reading
Bell’s Palsy – What I Got up to on My Holidays
So, what did you all do on your holidays? Me, I’ve gone and gotten Bell’s Palsy, which is a very difficult word to say when you have Bell’s Palsy (those hard B and P sounds are too hard for my … Continue reading