MSing About

 In this Write Now podcast Katrina and Ian discuss the basics to start becoming a writer and set a small task for the beginner scribbler. 

A sneak peak at what the next series of podcasts will be about - weekly audio writing workshops called Write Now!

After 40-odd podcasts about nothing in particular, discussions are afoot to make the next series about something!

In a previous podcast Katrina talked about her day job as a train driver... in this one she opens up about being a singer.

Australian history is peppered with interesting people not many know about, like  indigenous female bushranger, Mary Ann Bugg... King Billy of Tasmania... exotic dancer, Lola Montez... linguist, composer, author, gold digger and leader of the Eureka Rebellion, Raffaello Carboni... Captain Moonlite's male lover, James Nesbitt... and Snowy Baker, sportsman, silent movie star and our first export to Hollywood.

A couple of podcasts ago, Katrina turned up with a bunch of trivia questions to test Ian's MS short-term memory loss. It worked out okay but this week Ian turns up with a bunch of questions to ask Katrina in a game he has called Revenge Trivia!

1972, the year Katrina was born and the year Ian turned 18. The 70s could be called the decade of decadence with organised underworld crime, corrupt politicians and police but, hey, what a great time we had! 

Katrina turns up with a whole heap of trivia questions to test Ian’s MS-challenged short-term memory. Will he pass with flying buttresses or have to go and stand in the corner? 

Katrina may be a singer, a pianist and a train driver and Ian may be a writer but, between them, they have had dozens of other jobs, some that don't even exist anymore.

Sometimes you can have failure within success and sometimes it can be downright failure that, with hindsight, is far more entertaining than success.