Alex Collins | February 12, 2009
I’ve had a few family issues keeping me away from writing and the blog and for those who are interested, I haven’t been near any of the bushfires, nor do I know anyone in them. So yeah. I anticipate a return to normal writing and blogging next week. I’ve got two story ideas I’m mulling [...]
Alex Collins | January 20, 2009
You can choose your friends but you’re stuck with your relatives. That’s the saying according to my father. I think it says a lot, beyond the obvious. “Stuck with your relatives”. Why use the word ‘relatives’ and not ‘family’? I know there’s a version (that may even be the original version) that uses ‘family’, but [...]
Alex Collins | October 23, 2008
I am now even more convinced that not all prostitutes fall into the sterotypical media portrayal: that is, they have been abused by family/friends/significant others, they do drugs, alcohol, they have self harmed. Why? Well, because I’ve recently read Belle de Jour’s book, The Intimate Adventures of a London Call Girl and Miss S’ two [...]
Alex Collins | August 6, 2008
I don’t know how to start this post. I want to talk about religion, you see.
As I see it, there is a choice: does a higher deity exist? You can believe yes, you can believe no. If you believe no, then religion possibly plays no part in your life. But if you do believe in [...]
Alex Collins | November 28, 2005
Remember, I’m not an expert on time travel.
1: I’m going to go out on a limb here and say that everyone knows of the great caution not to change things in the past, lest they change the future. However, there is something else to consider. You go back twenty years into the past. That means [...]
Alex Collins | September 16, 2005
I am the girl kicked out of her home because I confided in my mother that I am a lesbian.