Claire G. Coleman

@clairegcoleman.bsky.social

Noongar writer - Novels: Terra Nullius, The Old Lie, Enclave [Hachette Australia]. Non-fiction: Lies, Damned Lies [Ultimo Press]. Writer also of essays, verse, opinion, and criticism.

Please. No more deaths. There is only one public figure death I will accept today and knowing my luck he will live for fucking ever. I know I am at the age when all my heroes are gonna die but I don't want ... to ...

So anyway … my 50 minute flight from Darwin to Kununurra for the Kimberley Writers festival was turned around 15 minutes in due to “engineering issues” and returned to Darwin. We then waited as they looked for another plane then looked for and or woke up sone flight attendants. …

Claire G. Coleman@clairegcoleman.bsky.social · last mo.

I left home at 3am AEST … it’s now 6:30pm AEST and I’m in Darwin airport boarding a flight to Kununurra in 15 minutes. I have been traveling for over 15 hours and it’s not over. All because I live for writing and want to talk about my books.

So anyway … my 50 minute flight from Darwin to Kununurra for the Kimberley Writers festival was turned around 15 minutes in due to “engineering issues” and returned to Darwin. We then waited as they looked for another plane then looked for and or woke up sone flight attendants. …

Claire G. Coleman@clairegcoleman.bsky.social · last mo.

I left home at 3am AEST … it’s now 6:30pm AEST and I’m in Darwin airport boarding a flight to Kununurra in 15 minutes. I have been traveling for over 15 hours and it’s not over. All because I live for writing and want to talk about my books.

I left home at 3am AEST … it’s now 6:30pm AEST and I’m in Darwin airport boarding a flight to Kununurra in 15 minutes. I have been traveling for over 15 hours and it’s not over. All because I live for writing and want to talk about my books.

Claire G. Coleman@clairegcoleman.bsky.social · last mo.

Waiting in Darwin airport. Can’t even check into my ongoing flight yet so I’m outside of security. I hope Kimberley Writers fest is gonna be fun

1. After pushing anti-trans laws to ‘protect women’s sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation now wants women’s sports gone to ‘assist fertility.’ Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

After Pushing Anti-Trans Laws to ‘Protect Women’s Sports’, Project 2025’s Heritage Foundation Now Wants Women’s Sports Gone to ‘Assist Fertility’

Turns out it was about women’s sports all along—if getting rid of women's sports counts, that is.

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I want to tell you something. The other day someone told me that I had helped them become a better public speaker by telling them that being anxious about public speaking makes you perform better, that the moment you get comfortable at something your performance suffers. ...

I would love to have enough success to afford management because at this time I am struggling to keep my schedule organised already because that is not really in my skill set. Maybe that's a life goal, to work hard enough to earn enough to be able to afford a manager/assistant to sort my shit out.

Is there some scam out there involving @ko-fi.com and PayPal chargebacks? I am constantly getting small donations on my ko-fi account and many of them, too many to be a coincidence, are disputed by chargeback at the donor's bank. I can't work out why and what they are getting if it's a scam.