Tag: Crossing Live
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How I made the book trailer video for Crossing Live
On my last trip to Brisbane in 2019 I stayed for a few nights near Roland’s Park. I couldn’t resist taking another look at it and this time remembered to shoot a few short video segments that formed the basis of a book trailer video. Things have changed a little since Roland’s time. Crossing Live…
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Book trailer video for Crossing Live
My new book trailer video for Crossing Live is now available on Youtube. It’s embedded here, if you’d like to take a look.
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The quarry scene from Crossing Live
The image below shows the setting for the quarry scene in my novel, Crossing Live. I found it in my camera roll from last year’s trip to Australia. It’s not exactly a standard tourist image from the land down under. In fact, it’s guaranteed never, ever to feature in any Tourism Australia poster. But I…
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Using music to imagine my way into a scene
Music has always played an important part in my writing process. It keeps me company during the long hours of staring at a blank screen. And it helps me block out the external world when the words finally begin to flow. I often use it to imagine my way into a particular scene. And it’s…
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Artificial Intelligence isn’t taking our jobs, it’s deciding who gets them.
Robots aren’t interested in taking our jobs after all. They’ve skipped that basic rung of the career ladder and have gone straight into management and consultancy instead. Artificial Intelligence, the Guardian reports, is now being used to decide which of us is going to fill that job vacancy. A.I. is taking over the world of…