Dim's Write Stuff

Accredited artwork of Ken Best No, not Christmas...well yes that is a nigh as it gets, too. But I'm talking about D-Day. In the most incredibly nutty fun - Story City way. Here's what you have to do to be able to smell the roses, join the adventure and become the hero (or villain) of your dreams. Jump on to Story City . Download the FREE Story City app to your smart phone or tablet device. Use the list or map section to browse through the stories until you find the one you’re most excited about. (I'm excited about my story, The Chapel of Unlove set on the Gold Coast in Sanctuary Cove but you can choose from stories in Brisbane , Adelaide and the Gold Coast .) Remember you must be in that location to activate that story. Select your story according to preferred genre, author, location: there are stories ranging in genres from fantasy, urban mystery, sci fi, comedy and historical romance to name but a few.  Start listening / reading your story and choosin...

Some months ago, in a flurry of over-sharing and passing on information to those within the Lit Industry, I happened upon an exciting opportunity. After duly sharing it with all and sundry, the tiny soul named, Do It who perches on my left shoulder and is in constant opposition with the joker on my right shoulder called, Don't Do It , suggested I 'give it a go', too. So very much along the same line of thinking as the awe-inspiring, Dee White (you can read about her quests to expand her writing prowess, here ), I submitted a proposal to become one of three Gold Coast writers to join the Story City team . Story City is an exciting interactive online storytelling experience that allows the reader to become fully immersed into the story. Like the perennially popular choose your own adventure style of books, where the reader makes the decisions and picks the paths the story takes, Story City users are in complete control of their destiny and thus, the story's outco...