Introducing Stephen A. Vigiano, author of Millennials “Your Time Has Come”

“My author representative was wonderful to work with. She made the process smooth and easy to get my new book published. This is the second book she …Introducing Stephen A. Vigiano, author of Millennials “Your Time Has Come”

Kicking The Pews In Saint Marys Cathedral

Why do we laugh at the most inappropriate moments? She was kicking the end of the pews in St Marys Cathedral. The whole row of seats were moving on an angle they weren’t supposed to be facing, with me and a row of noisy tourists on top. I was laughing so much I couldn’t speak.  …

‘Jake and the Fat Man,’ and stalking ‘The Man in the Window’.

The hotel suite was beautiful, in the centre of Sydney, with a view, and nightly fireworks that shook the windows, and filled the air with smoke that refracted the street lights. Both beautiful and toxic. But there were too many channels on the tv that I couldn’t work. Eventually, I found ‘Jake and the Fat …

Voices In My Head

Sometimes when I write I hear voices that tell me I can’t. They say: ‘Other writers are better than you.’ ‘They’ve already had stuff published.’ ‘They’ve got degrees/are journalists and know what they’re doing.’ These voices head hop from writer to writer, and not just unpublished writers, they jump from unpublished, to published, to mega …

‘Ghostee’ and finding your voice as a writer

To most of us, this may just look like graffiti, but I think it could also be someone trying to find their voice. I thought about this as I walked past it twelve times this morning, on my morning walk. I don’t like graffiti, but, these authors, and they are authors, are just trying to …

That Old Lady

So, today I was referred to as “that old lady” by a man whose lunch I had just walked away with. His barramundi was in a brown paper bag, my chips were in a brown paper bag. They looked the same to the guy behind the counter. There was a kerfuffle, apparently, as I waited …

We’re Not In Kansas Anymore, Toto.

So, we moved. For practical reasons, it’s better for us to be in the city than the mountains. Do I miss the mountains? Of course. The peace, the trees, our garden. But you have to be realistic. When life throws you a curve ball, you’re sad, you grieve, then you grow. In the end, you’re …

Staying Grounded as a Writer

Writer’s minds wander. That’s how we write. But sometimes we wander so far away, that we forget to eat; we forget to move; we forget what day, or time, it is. And we may even forget to pick the kids up from school (oops!). Although, we do remember to drink so much coffee that we …