OnDusk

And on the last day of January, I slide back in to my blog quietly but with so much to write about. Due to Sorry Business I have had an extended break. In the next few posts I will explain a little about Sorry Business, my plans for 2015, my new foray in feminism, some exciting twitter fiction events coming up and a wrap up of how Indigenous affairs is looking lately. Sunset on the first day of 2015 heading west on the Moonie Hwy, Qld. #SorryBusiness pic.twitter.com/uwxQQdSPHR — Siv Parker (@SivParker) January 1, 2015 And I promised I would storify the following yarn!  @calsaff No interruption, Twitter never closes. :)) Thankyou, my TL looks like I never left but I've had hours, nearly whole days away! :) — Siv Parker (@SivParker) January 11, 2015 @calsaff Roadtrip last week. We lost phone connectivity between towns half-way home. Despite phones, they're largely word of mouth at home. — Siv Parker (@SivParker) January 11, 2015 @calsaff 10km shy of...

My highlights of 2014?     Too many to count, but for me I'd have to include filmmaking masterclasses, writers festivals, radio interviews, tweet yarns, new collaborations and seeing where experimenting with digital spaces could take me. My goals for 2014 were simple and ambitious - to be published more, to get closer to seeing one of my scripts on screen and to become a better writer. I was also looking for reasons to travel. Social media was a constant companion but I needed to get out more.  And how did it end?   I won the chance to have my blog published. So I dragged everything worth putting in to a book (short stories, tweet yarns, brain dumps) off my blog for editing and you can read about the fairly chaotic* progress I made with that process   here .  Just when I was seeing daylight, I pounced on an opportunity to pitch a TV script and get a chance to knock it into shape with professionals ... and was overjoyed when I was selected for that t...