| Robert G Barrett |
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Barrett told of the perils of working in creative industries, with a great yarn about well known country singer Gina Jeffries seeing her own hit song playing on the TV... while standing in the dole queue.
His tip for budding writers was that while it's not impossible to make a quid from writing - it is going to take a LOT of work.
Robert Barrett (1942 2012) - is a legendary Australian writer who sold over a million books most of them about the adventures of the fictional character and Aussie larrikin Les Norton.
How everyone loved to read about Jacko's Blues Bar in Goodoo Goodoo. Bob's Website - these sites are currently running at half mast - hopefully they will be reinstated.
"Writing Goodoo Goodoo started out a complete shitfight. It was supposed to be called something else and I intended setting it in Cape York and Thursday Island. I had this idea nutted out about Norton’s sister being abducted by a bunch of religious fanatics. There’d be gun running, fauna smuggling, sex, drugs, rock ‘n’ roll, whatever, and it would all end at a place called Chilli Beach."
Media Reform Maiia: Mahogany Jack - Best yarn of the same era
Writing Voluntary Simplcity Peace Justice MUSIC ART DANCE FILM HUMOUR
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