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The Best Bit: Just Another Stupid Boy by J. Leigh James

20 April 2022 | I can’t put my finger on why J. Leigh James has been on my “authors I must check out” list for so long. When I first added her name on there, I had no concept of her work, nor had I heard from her save for stumbling upon her byline once or twice. Perhaps I’m just a character in another writer’s story, and they’ve decided to have me check out her work because it moves some plot along.

A little old-school flair (aka. my new guestbook)

13 April 2022 | Lately, I’ve been reminiscing about what websites were like in the days before blogging. It wasn’t “the dark ages”, though you could be forgiven for thinking so given how many things pop and flash and bubble and bounce across social media these days.

Reinventing yourself in your 20s

16 March 2022 | In my 20s, I went through a huge refresh. A spectacular breakup, to be specific. Saying things “took a turn” might be an understatement. It was more like a sharp skid off an oil-slicked road. My family were shocked. Our friends were shocked.

When news comes fast, writing slows down

13 March 2022 | I should be working on The Guy from the Bakery. Yep, that’s the “multicultural or not” romance mentioned in February’s interview with Romance Lives Forever. The outline has been first-drafted, which is only a stone’s throw from having the first draft actually done, right? Right? (Haha, nope.)

Park life, Perth summers

16 February 2022 | When my family first moved to WA, I was somewhat disappointed that we’d come to a Westernised country that didn’t celebrate a white Christmas. Yes, I knew about hemispheres by then. Somehow, I’d always just associated Caucasian culture with cold weather during the festive season.