Mark J. KeenanDec 29, 20203 minForgetting To Brush My TeethI have a morning ritual. It commences with being woken by our black labrador, Ozzie, who, at 5am every day, can be found impatiently...
Mark J. KeenanAug 19, 20203 minBread and Duck‘What’s for dinner, Mum?’ ‘Bread and duck under the table.’ When I was growing up this was a daily conversation with my mum. Eventually,...
Mark J. KeenanApr 30, 20192 minMeditate. Move. Read. Write. Listen. Be.These were the first six words I wrote on beginning my residency at the Katherine Susannah Prichard Writers’ Centre last week. And they...
Mark J. KeenanJul 26, 20171 minSometimes, I write fiction.Occasionally, I let people read it. I am currently working on my first, full-length, fiction manuscript. It's challenging, and sometimes...
Mark J. KeenanMar 18, 20172 minThis is a doorBut it’s not just any door. Not at all, because it is the door to one of the retreat cabins at Katharine’s Place, the Katharine Susannah...
Mark J. KeenanJan 17, 20173 minListen to your broccoliA splash of routine, a pinch of process and a dash of intuition. This is the recipe that I am hoping will create a successful second...
Mark J. KeenanJan 8, 20172 minbird by birdAt 11:40 PM on New Years Eve, I was reading. My wife was next to me on the couch catching Pokemon, my 19 year old son was having a snooze...
Mark J. KeenanDec 14, 20162 minRunning and writing in the forestJohn Forrest National Park, on the eastern edge of Perth, is Western Australia’s oldest national park. It is a beautiful place with two...
Mark J. KeenanDec 11, 20164 minSlaying the NANO-beastNANOWRIMO, you are a foul-smelling beast, wretched in your hunger for words, eating at my soul, devouring all my time, awakening me in...
Mark J. KeenanDec 1, 20161 minFREE stories. Seriously, click here now.FREE stories. Yes, really, they are FREE! If you are desperately excited to get to the FREE (yes, FREE!) stories then please click here...
Mark J. KeenanOct 27, 20161 minReading: The Fireman, by Joe HillHarper Grayson had seen lots of people burn on TV, everyone had, but the first person she saw burn for real was in the playground behind...