In earlier blog posts, I talked about my decision to try a new type of virtual run challenge, the Conqueror Virtual Challenges, as well as my completion of the following challenges: I have since completed my forty-fifth Conqueror Virtual Challenge, Cuba. The Cuba Virtual Challenge takes participants on a journey “from Santiago to Havana on a 70-mile route inspired by the
Read moreFollowing up from last week’s episode, this one focuses on New Year’s Eve. Eliza, Pete and Ryan The episode kicks off with Eliza and Ryan attending to a man’s wound from misusing New Year’s Eve fireworks on his property. On their way back to base, Eliza reveals that she is going on her holiday to the Great Barrier Reef tomorrow,
Read moreIt’s Christmas in the outback in this episode and it’s not happy for everyone, and I’m going to review it character by character. Eliza and Pete Eliza and Pete spend most of the episode tending to frequent flyer, David, who has had five retrievals from a private medical retrieval service in the last six months. Eliza and Pete don’t find
Read moreThis episode was all about life – start of life, end of life, and everything in between, and I’m going to review it character by character. Wayne, Pete and Mira Wayne, Pete and Mira spend the episode tending to a critically ill baby. Wayne tries to hold off telling Mira that their patient is a baby for as long as
Read moreThis episode was all about everyone having a bad day of some kind (except for Leonie and Graham, who didn’t make an appearance), and I’m going to review it character by character. Eliza and Pete Eliza and Pete work together with Arthur, a man who has inserted a cylindrical propane gas tank up his bottom, and tries to keep it
Read moreWrite a poem that begins ‘Let there be peace, and let it begin with me.’** White Flag Let there be peace, and let it begin with me, I finally waved the white flag, Or rather, my white, silk hankie as a white flag. I had enough of everyone fighting: Being hangry, Getting angry, Going in circles, I had to end
Read moreThe brief of the AWC Furious Fiction – May 2025 short story competition was as follows: *** White Flag Let there be peace, and let it begin with me, I finally waved the white flag, Or rather, my white, silk hankie as a white flag. I had enough of everyone fighting: Being hangry, Getting angry, Going in circles, I had
Read moreWrite a story in which two events happen simultaneously.** Making History Well-behaved women seldom make history, that’s why I pulled my first “sickie.” I worked hard and sacrificed to get here, I was going to the Olympics no matter what. Olympic Stadium was ripe with Australian spirit and the optimism of the new millennium, it was so strong it could
Read moreEarlier this year I entered the NYC Midnight 100-word Microfiction Challenge, an international creative writing competition that challenges participants to write original 100-word stories by giving them a specific genre, action and word assignment, in 24 hours. Every writer is placed in a specific group based on the genre, action and word assignment they are given. The competition judges pick 15
Read moreNow that the premiere has come and gone, establishing the story arcs and tone of the season, the rest of the season can get underway. The episode kicks off with the reveal that the bus driver of last week’s crash, Owen Tidwell, has been released on bail after being charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Anna has also spoken
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