Finn explores the abandoned house and discovers the remains of the owner, who continues the theme of life, death and rebirth. The man’s body feeds the next generation of life. A tree, pg 45. Finn hopes this is not something that will come of his own remains, yet, in Chapter 36, pg 276, he recalls …
About 35 years ago I was working in a record shop and serving a blind man. I didn’t notice, but he dropped a $10 note. A young boy, about 10, rushed over, picked it up, gently took his hand and placed the note in it and I burst into tears. Kindness can seem so small …
Antiscian (n.) When people on opposite sides of the worldcast shadows in opposite directions at noon. Most days, when I stare up at the sun and figure it can go no higher, I think of my antiscian who will be casting a shadow in the opposite direction to mine. I like to think the stranger …
Father’s rave about how our self-talk can be misconstrued as being the voice of god is contentious. And yes, I deliberately used a lowercase ‘g’. I took that rave out of the book and reinserted it at least a dozen times. But it’s got to the point where it’s important we start talking about the …
What did you love, hate? Did anything get shaken loose you hadn’t been consciously aware of before? Is there an observation, thought, connection you’d like to share?
I started writing Eat My Shadow in 2013 as part of a Professional Writing Degree through Curtin University. Just a couple of chapters. In 2018 I stumbled across the chapters, re-read them and knew I had to write the book. But I was no less short on time. It haunted me. I’d go to bed, …
