The brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—March 2018 short story competition was as follows: The first word had to be MUSIC. The story had to feature singing at some point. The story had to include an invitation in some way. *** Stage Fright Music was, sorry is my life. My friend, Valerie, from college finally opened her cabaret bar and
Read moreNonsense** Happy Birthday Today’s my birthday. I’m forty; an age society tells us, especially for women, that they are starting to get old, are over the hill and are supposed to behave a certain way. I’ve never given into this kind of pressure and I don’t intend to start, but it doesn’t mean that I’ve never felt it. My personality
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—February 2018 short story competition was as follows: Have an opening sentence of exactly THREE words. Include the words “forty”, “flamboyant”, “fortune”, “flavour” and “furious” at some point in the story (plural forms – if they existed – were allowed). Involve the prop of a “feather” in some way. *** Happy Birthday Today’s my
Read moreCatch a train that takes you into a strange land.** Journey Not the Destination to the Afterlife All board passengers! Please stand clear! This is it. Throughout my life, I had many theories in regards to what the afterlife might be like; I never expected that I’d have to take a journey on a train to get there. The other
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction—July 2019 short story competition was as follows: Your story must take place on a TRAIN. Your story must include something FROZEN. Your story must include three 3-word sentences in a row. *** Journey Not the Destination to the Afterlife All aboard passengers! Please stand clear! This is it. Throughout my life, I had
Read moreMy October fun runs for my Year of the Fun Walk 2019 were the 2019 Support Our Girls & You Are My Sunshine virtual runs. The 2019 Support Our Girls virtual run was hosted by http://www.virtualrunevents.com. This run was their fifth annual Breast Cancer awareness themed virtual race—SUPPORT OUR GIRLS: Fight Like A Woman. There was the option of five
Read moreThis episode had a lot of secrets and feelings come out in the open. Paige & Dan—Her subplot focused on her conflicting feelings for Dan and the fallout of her sleeping with him in the previous episode. The episode kicks off with Dan calling Paige as she is starting to confess to Brody. She eventually confesses, which upsets both of
Read moreThis episode had a lot of twists, turns and revelations. Tahlia—The episode kicks off with Tahlia and Paige at yoga, where Tahlia’s mother, Narelle (Rachel Gordon) shows up unexpectedly. It’s made clear pretty quickly that Tahlia has issues with her mother and that they haven’t seen or spoken to each other in quite some time, and Tahlia thinks Narelle wants
Read moreTahlia–I felt it was best to start my character-by-character review of this episode by focusing on the star character. This episode revolves around the nude photo scandal, which happened due to Connor losing his phone and not deleting the photos remotely quickly enough. The scandal is first bought to life when Rusty and Liam notice the boys fighting over a
Read moreThis episode had a lot of twists and turns and is starting to foreshadow trouble that will clearly happen down the road. Kath—Kath is starting to feel the pressures of being President with the first game of the season. John, who is still on the Board, is clearly sexist and dismissive of her ideas, but actually has nothing to contribute
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