by Jackie Bailey | Nov 12, 2009 | Random insights
I was just thinking… If we don’t have to remember anything any more, because we can just google it, how much space does that free up in our brains for more important, patent-producing work? Like, I don’t know: nutting out all the calculations...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 8, 2009 | Random insights
I just had a realisation. An epiphany? No, just a realisation. That will suffice as the noun of the moment. Do you remember the first time you said to yourself, “I don’t actually like the [insert popular thing that everyone is supposed to like...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 7, 2009 | Self-publishing Mr Middleton's Teleporter
In which I just say no….I think. Yes, that’s right. No. It’s been some time since I updated you on Mr Middleton developments. This is probably because I have been hesitant, not wanting to disappoint, and not wanting to jinx future efforts. This is...
by Jackie Bailey | Nov 7, 2009 | Everyone's daily horoscope
This week, you will find the backbone you never knew you had as it transforms from spaghetti into kevlar in one, fell motion. Adversaries, believing until now that they had your number, fall back, confused and, suddenly, afraid. But you don’t need to wait around...
by Jackie Bailey | Oct 29, 2009 | Random insights
My friend, Roanna, recently published a short story on Eureka Street Online, called “Curry muncher.” Ro and I met about ten years ago, at a Varuna Writers’ Centre retreat for emerging writers. In that week, I realised I did not want to be writing...