Category: Shane Says

MUSIC SOOTHES THE SAVAGE AUTHOR… OR DOES IT? I’m occasionally asked what I like to listen to when I write. Well… there’s no easy answer to that. More often than...

I Remember When I Was Young… 1 When I was young I spent many enjoyable hours in my sandpit playing toy soldiers. I was a bit of a loner – painfully shy, terribl...

I can barely believe it, folks, but it turns out that I have been eating chocolate wrong my whole life! I learnt years ago that there is a chasm between good an...

Ever since I was a kid I wanted to write a novel… I would sneak into Mum and Dad’s bedroom when they were out and tap away on Mum’s typewriter, inevitably...

CREATIVE INSECURITY IS NORMAL! ENCOURAGING KIDS SHOULD BE TOO! Driving my daughter to school this morning, she said to me, “I’d like to write a story about a wi...

35 YEARS SCHOOL REUNION! This year marks thirty-five years since I graduated high school. THIRTY-FIVE BLOODY YEARS. That is two thirds of my life ago (67% ̵...

The Phil Collins Rule Back in the days I had a hard and fast PHIL COLLINS RULE. It was simple, really: If you hear Phil Collins come on the radio or a CD, you t...

AUSTRALIAN POLITICS, HUH – WHAT’S ALL THAT ABOUT? I really don’t want to write a lot about politics here – this website & blog is about my writi...

My First Gig The first concert I went to was… ABBA! Not bad for a rock n’ roller, eh. It was at the Perth Entertainment Centre, 10 March, 1977 – their fir...

Hello, Welcome, Velkommen, Bienvenue, G’day… This is my blog. Never really blogged before, but I’m going to blog. Not sure what about – as well as what I am wri...