Mark Perry

Why Write Horror? What I’m listening to

New post up: markperryau.substack.com/p/why-write-...

Post a banger that isn't in English.
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Balam Balam Place with a piece of ripped paper digitally inserted into the picture which has the NT/NT logo + Balam Balam Place logo.

New venue alert: we’re coming to Balam Balam Place

From early March, we’ll be hosting monthly Friday morning silent writing sessions at Brunswick’s beautiful new community space.

Mark S. Perry, Writer Literary fiction, folk horror, screenwriting, and memoir. Stories about the selves we bury.

And my Substack is linked off my website: marksperry.com Not that I've published much there yet, but I will.

No, but I had a short story published last year: notypewriters.com/patter/band-...

My short story "Band Practice", autobiographical fiction, was published last year in Patter: notypewriters.com/patter/band-...

Horror. I’m particularly taken with folk horror atm.

I'm working my way towards finishing a short story collection. Here's my new WIP: The Replacement. A female doctor, haunted by a death she couldn't prevent, takes a job at a remote Queensland town in 1978 and is unnerved by the strange devotion shown to her by the townsfolk. #amwriting #writersky

I completely redesigned my writer's website and published it today. Last night, I walked into the Moonah forest near me and took a photo of the trees. It's the cover picture on the home page. Take a look: marksperry.com #Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriterLife #WriterSky ##HorrorLit

Stories about the selves we bury | Mark Perry | Substack My writing: folk and cosmic horror, autobiographical fiction, memoir, and other genres. Click to read Stories about the selves we bury, by Mark Perry, a Substack publication. Launched an hour ago.

I've started posting on Substack: markperryau.substack.com?r=peq6q&utm_...

‘A nation of rich cowards’: Australia needs its dreamers but the arts are underfunded, undervalued and despised | Ben Quilty We need a society that values its visionaries, those who go against the grain to create new dreams that reveal other ways of being

This is a great article. I looked into doing a creative writing diploma or degree and gagged at the cost. It’s a terrible situation that needs to change, urgently. www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

Worksong… autocorrect 🙄

Yeah, this resonates with me. I'm similar—I first heard of them with "Green" and I worked through their back catalogue from there. Loved it all. "Finest Working" is the one I'd add to your list.

Cheers! All the best for your writing too.

Finish my second novel. Half way there now.

No Time To Diet

Congrats on a stellar year! What you do is very appreciated. Have a restful break and see you in January.

I’m saying the data doesn’t flow through ConnectID at all. ConnectID introduces the relying party to the identity provider, and tells them they are both certified participants.

LDAP -> SAML -> OAuth -> FIDO -> OIDC -> FAPI -> VC. The digital identity alphabet soup.

So much for working on my writing tonight!

Well it’s only taken 25 years or so, but finally, my reasonably obscure area of IT is in the news and I’m able to talk to people about it on here!

ConnectID doesn’t see or store any consumer data. It’s the network operator, setting the standards, connecting the relying parties and the four major banks (aka identity providers), all of whom are certified by ConnectID.

Happy to answer any other questions you might have. Most of my career has been in digital identity.

Yes it does. It’s based on FAPI 2.0, which is underpinned by OpenID Connect.

They are not the same thing at all. ConnectID in Australia is an Australian company, not associated with the one in the article you posted.

Only works if he has an Australian bank account and you have his login details

There’s an option to verify your age without sharing document scans or date of birth with Snapchat

The stage before Australian band The Church kick off their latest tour, replete with drum kit, separate percussion kit, and mic stands for the two guitarist and singer/bassist Steve Kilbey.

It’s crazy that I’ve never seen The Church play live before but I rectified that last night. The first date of their Singles tour was wonderful. I have such warm memories of their songs going back to The Unguarded Moment in 1981. It’s worth catching them if you can get a ticket!

It's November & it's way past time I got my writing under control. Here's my plan:
1. Finish novel #3 this weekend (7 scenes, ~3500 words)
2. Finish the first draft of novel #2 in 2025 (from 39,000 words to 80,000 words)
3. Publish either before June 2026
4. Rewrite novel #1. Publish by end of 2026

The Andrew Formerly Known as Prince

An English nobleman had to give up his diamonds and pearls when Epstein’s lady cab driver said he needed underage girls to get off when he used to partyup in 1999. But will this controversy be enough to make Donald the dove cry?

by Maureen Dowd