Online Availability
I thought I’d get it up on the website so everyone knows – I’m set up, available and more than happy to conduct online sessions. Workshops, talks, presentations or chats are all viable options. Get in touch using the Contact tab above, or email me at misc(at)michaelpryor.com.au, if you’d...
A new ‘Laws of Magic’ story
It’s been a long time, but I have a new ‘Laws of Magic’ novella for you: Brink of Disaster. It’s a totally free digital book for you to download and enjoy. Click on the image above, or the link in the final paragraph below. Eight years after the publication...
A Big Night of Ghosts
On Saturday (2nd November) twenty-nine intrepid sightseers gathered in inner Melbourne to explore some of the locations of my books Gap Year in Ghost Town and Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town. I was a little worried about the viability of the occasion, because I woke up that morning to...
Lemon Butter is Swoonworthy
Lemon butter ... Mmm ......
Ghost Town Ghost Walk!
For the spooky Halloween season, I’m holding a Ghost Town Ghost Walk, where I’ll take participants to some of the locations featured in Gap Year in Ghost Town and the sequel, Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town. It will be an amiable night time amble over an hour or so...
Five Great SF Books About the Moon
Thinking about the moon ......
Foibles, Quirks and Mannerisms
One crafty technique that should be part of every writer’s toolbox is using foibles, quirks and mannerisms in your characterisation. You should do this for two very good reasons: They individualise your characters. All humans have foibles, quirks and mannerisms. They’re the minor and unconscious ways we do things,...
New book – new book trailer!
Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town is due for release on 1st of July. Here’s a book trailer I put together to tempt and tantalise....
Graveyard Shift in Ghost Town Cutting Room Floor 3
Yes, good stuff gets left out of any final version of a novel – and for many good reasons. Still, that’s no reason they can’t see the light of day, right? But do you know how hard it is to ignore ghosts, when you’re supposed to be a dedicated...
For I Will Consider My Cat Jeoffry
Christopher Smart (1722-1771) is most often described as a mystic and a visionary. That’s when it’s not pointed out that he was ‘confined for insanity’ at St Luke’s Hospital in London. While he was there, he produced 1200 lines of verse most often titled Jubilate Agno (‘rejoice in the...