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Short, story, fiction, writing, literature, australian, stories Jennifer Mills Jennifer Mills jenjen@jenjen.com.au no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/07/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-3.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/07/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-3.html#comments Wed, 13 Jul 2011 01:00:17 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=452 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/07/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-3.html/feed 1 0:11:25 “this is something: a map of the dark.” Here is the third, final and mooniest part of The World Muscles In. This odd little story was written for a sketchbook. It’s interesting for me to see how things translate from a handwritten[...] “this is something: a map of the dark.” Here is the third, final and mooniest part of The World Muscles In. This odd little story was written for a sketchbook. It’s interesting for me to see how things translate from a handwritten, illustrated zine with all its enhanced imagery, to a naked, typed manuscript, and then to audio. The book was lost at sea for a few months, forgot its name and address, fell asleep in a basket and woke up in a cardboard costume in a pile of boxes in Brooklyn. It is traveling round the USA at the moment as part of the ArtHouse Co-op’s Fiction project. I think. I was holding off on posting this because I was hoping to link to the book’s profile, but there seems to be an Impossibility Field around their website. Oh well. Mail is always an act of faith, and code… well, code is a special kind of optimism. In case you missed them, you can find part one here and part two over here. Thanks again for listening and sharing. “nothing but hair and beetles.” podcasts Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/06/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-2.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/06/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-2.html#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:05:06 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=450 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/06/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in-part-2.html/feed 0 0:10:03 “I’m going to be sawn in half…” Into three parts actually. Here is part 2 of The World Muscles In: Thanks for listening/sharing. I should have part 3 up late next week. go to part one go to part three “I’m going to be sawn in half…” Into three parts actually. Here is part 2 of The World Muscles In: Thanks for listening/sharing. I should have part 3 up late next week. go to part one go to part three podcasts, writing, zines Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/05/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/05/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in.html#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 04:03:16 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=438 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/05/may-june-fiction-podcast-the-world-muscles-in.html/feed 0 0:10:32 For the first time, I present you with a blog-exclusive podcast! It is not going to be published anywhere because it is only available in a single, hand-illustrated sketchbook/zine I made. There is one copy of this zine and (fool that i am) i truste[...] For the first time, I present you with a blog-exclusive podcast! It is not going to be published anywhere because it is only available in a single, hand-illustrated sketchbook/zine I made. There is one copy of this zine and (fool that i am) i trusted international mail with it. It is now floating around somewhere in the Americas as part of the Arthouse Co-op’s fiction project. You can’t find it online there because their website and my contact details have been undergoing some serious tweaking, but hopefully before the third instalment of this podcast is out i will be able to provide a link. A few things about this story. It is long, so this podcast is coming in three separate instalments. The idea at the heart of it, of mapping one’s dreams, is one which I almost abandoned as a story, but came back to recently when I was purging myself of some old idea baggage. I actually tried mapping my dreams for a year in case i wanted to write the story – i still have the result, a patchwork atlas of my subconscious. (it’s personal.) The World Muscles In is also an experiment in that it uses a circular narrative structure, which involved more confusing mapping and something i can only describe as mental origami. It is not autobiographical but it carries the weight of some recent preoccupations, as stories tend to; in this case, ideas about gender, authorship, authenticity, and ownership. Something else new: at the end of it I ask for money. Please don’t feel that you can’t keep listening and downloading these podcasts for free. But if you enjoy them and you can afford it, why not use that ‘support’ button in the sidebar? It will make you feel very, very good. go to part two go to part three podcasts Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/03/march-short-story-podcast-plain-indians.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/03/march-short-story-podcast-plain-indians.html#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:30:05 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=411 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/03/march-short-story-podcast-plain-indians.html/feed 0 0:08:32 this is what happens when you realise no-one has written a western about bush regeneration, and dare yourself to be the first: this is what happens when you realise no-one has written a western about bush regeneration, and dare yourself to be the first: podcasts, writing Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/01/january-short-story-podcast-prospect.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/01/january-short-story-podcast-prospect.html#comments Mon, 24 Jan 2011 00:26:01 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=381 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2011/01/january-short-story-podcast-prospect.html/feed 1 0:16:09 here’s a new short fiction podcast for you. flood-related and arizona-related. don’t say i’m never topical: oh, and this story first appeared in meanjin #69.3. share and enjoy. here’s a new short fiction podcast for you. flood-related and arizona-related. don’t say i’m never topical: oh, and this story first appeared in meanjin #69.3. share and enjoy. podcasts, writing Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/11/september-fiction-podcast-the-lap.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/11/september-fiction-podcast-the-lap.html#comments Tue, 23 Nov 2010 03:15:31 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=322 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/11/september-fiction-podcast-the-lap.html/feed 0 0:12:51 hey! you! don’t forget to support new matilda and overland this week! yes, i know it is actually november. and i promised six stories in six presumably consecutive months. but my dictaphone AND my laptop broke while i was o/s, and i am still d[...] hey! you! don’t forget to support new matilda and overland this week! yes, i know it is actually november. and i promised six stories in six presumably consecutive months. but my dictaphone AND my laptop broke while i was o/s, and i am still doing better than paperradio… anyway, here is the lap, a recording which first appeared on 2ser’s final draft in a more innocent time, back before i had a book out. the lap engages my default theme of roadtrips and has traces of a magical realism which might be becoming more pronounced these days, if i ever finish the half-dozen stories i am working on right now. hope you enjoy it. podcasts, writing Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/08/august-short-story-podcast-roadhouse.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/08/august-short-story-podcast-roadhouse.html#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 14:00:04 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=212 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/08/august-short-story-podcast-roadhouse.html/feed 0 0:10:52 This is a truck driving story called ‘Roadhouse’ – an oldie but a bit of a favourite. I’m putting it up because this journey started with a hitch from Alice to Darwin. After two days, only just over halfway, with a flight to catch, we were res[...] This is a truck driving story called ‘Roadhouse’ – an oldie but a bit of a favourite. I’m putting it up because this journey started with a hitch from Alice to Darwin. After two days, only just over halfway, with a flight to catch, we were rescued by a truck driver named Keith who was a wonderful conversationalist and an all-round lovely person. Keith is a sucker for audio books. He confessed to sometimes having to pull over to hear the end of a good Radio National reading before he went out of range. I hope you like my stories Keith! Thanks for saving us from the Hi Way. When I wrote this i was hitchhiking a lot more, before I owned a car (or a licence). Four years on I am traveling more like a grownup, thanks to a couple of arts residencies. I’m writing from the Rostock-Helsinki ferry right now. the dining room reminds me of a CWA house. the music reminds me of Eurovision. Nineties Eurovision. actually i am not that much of a grownup. still sleeping on the floor of the conference room with the other cheapskates… podcasts Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/07/july-short-story-podcast-unconditional-love.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/07/july-short-story-podcast-unconditional-love.html#comments Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:53:32 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=196 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/07/july-short-story-podcast-unconditional-love.html/feed 0 0:10:59 Here you have it – the July fiction podcast. This is a story called ‘Unconditional Love’ which I wrote at some point in 2007. It hasn’t appeared anywhere except zines… I hope you feel special. It’s been quiet here, because it’s been a wh[...] Here you have it – the July fiction podcast. This is a story called ‘Unconditional Love’ which I wrote at some point in 2007. It hasn’t appeared anywhere except zines… I hope you feel special. It’s been quiet here, because it’s been a whirlwind of a month with no time for reflection. I am deep in the edit for the forthcoming book (still untitled, still difficult). Hoping to finish this hard stage by monday, cause on tuesday i’m hitching to Darwin, then flying to London, and Ireland, and Germany and then all the way to Beijing by train. Somehow this is all going to be work-related… i do love my job. this week i really need to keep telling myself that. it is raining very hard and without pause in alice springs, so there is a bit of running water noise on this track from the rainwater tank overflowing out the front of my office. you might want to pee before you listen! and while you’re on the radio, tune in to Ali Cobby Eckermann on Poetica – one of my favourite poets working today, and an all-round inspiration. podcasts Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/06/june-short-story-podcast-the-air-you-need.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/06/june-short-story-podcast-the-air-you-need.html#comments Fri, 04 Jun 2010 05:58:57 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=190 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/06/june-short-story-podcast-the-air-you-need.html/feed 0 0:11:38 the air you need is a weird story about a diver. it came from whidbey island in puget sound, where i was visiting family in 2008. it’s a small-town joy to read the crime reports in the local paper… one favourite was a report of a man who[...] the air you need is a weird story about a diver. it came from whidbey island in puget sound, where i was visiting family in 2008. it’s a small-town joy to read the crime reports in the local paper… one favourite was a report of a man who was arrested in the supermarket car park for standing there in full scuba gear. the South Whidbey Record didn’t offer an explanation, so i thought i would step in. the diver sat around as an idea for a while and ended up attracting, with the special magnetic ability of stories, a lot of what i was reading and thinking about autistic kids and the parents of autistic kids. it’s not an explicit discussion of autism, but it’s in there. i hope you like it. i am podcasting a new short story a month for six months. if you like, you can subscribe just to the podcast feed. if you want a print version, you can write in for a zine: send $5 or trade to PO box 3085, alice springs NT 0871. podcasts, writing Jennifer Mills no no http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/05/new-fiction-podcast-the-jungle-will-swallow-anything.html http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/05/new-fiction-podcast-the-jungle-will-swallow-anything.html#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 23:19:46 +0000 jenjen http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/?p=166 http://www.jenjen.com.au/blog/2010/05/new-fiction-podcast-the-jungle-will-swallow-anything.html/feed 2 0:16:53 as you may have noticed i have been mucking about with audio a bit lately, and teasing readers about imminent acts of content delivery, so here it is: a new fiction podcast. the jungle will swallow anything is set in a truckstop in the steamy Mexic[...] as you may have noticed i have been mucking about with audio a bit lately, and teasing readers about imminent acts of content delivery, so here it is: a new fiction podcast. the jungle will swallow anything is set in a truckstop in the steamy Mexican state of Quintana Roo. It’s got vampires in it. i will post a new short story a month for the next six months. if you like, you can subscribe just to the podcast feed. if you want a print version, you can write in for a zine. while you’re at it, go subscribe to the long-awaited paper radio. nothing to do with me, i just like more of everything, especially good stories. podcasts Jennifer Mills no no