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Mark Hodgetts

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Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute

May 26, 2023 Mark
Fiction Fragments of my life

The dark fantasy story that scared me the most

April 13, 2023 Mark
Fiction Fragments of my life

Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.

March 9, 2023 Mark
Fragments of my life media Tech

Does Artificial Intelligence Signal the Death of the artist, writer and musician?

February 16, 2023 Mark
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Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

December 30, 2022 Mark
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
Fiction
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute
Fragments of my life
Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Fragments of my life
Summit Avenue Belmont Memories of a Simple Time
Incandescent Rage
Fragments of my life
Incandescent Rage
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Fragments of my life Music
Why Cloudbusting by Kate Bush Made Me Cry
Success tasted dirty stale  and repugnant
Fragments of my life
Success tasted dirty stale and repugnant
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Fiction
Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
Fiction
Dark Weird Stuff Excerpt From Tin Can Man
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
The songs that inspired my dark speculative fiction juices
Fiction Music
The songs that inspired my dark speculative fiction juices
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Why Political Correctness Has Lost Me.

November 27, 2017 Mark

“If we do not believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we do not believe in it at all.” Noam Chomsky In the past 12 months I adherents…

Rants

Hello America my old friend

December 14, 2015 Mark

It’s time we talked about the Disunited States of America G’day America – it’s me one of your bastard children from the colonies. Despite not being legitimate, I grew up…

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How long does it take for Google to index?

October 19, 2015 Mark

How long does it take for Google to crawl my site? If there is one question I can’t give a definitive answer to on SEO related matters it’s the how…

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Sports journalism is an oxymoron

May 28, 2015 Mark

Sports Journalism is a disgrace I love sport. It is a crying shame that it is reported on and commentated on by a group of people who have the analytical…

Mars Musings

Mars anomalies

April 22, 2015 Mark

Mars anomalies – what does it mean? There are a heap of YouTube video channels, social media groups and forums and UFO conspiracy theorist sites out there all making hay…

Fragments of my life

Friendship and Sunshine

May 9, 2014 Mark

How do you measure friendship? Who can you count on? Genuine friends are hard to find – here’s a description of a man I’m proud to call my friend. Above:…

Musings Rants

To be a man

April 17, 2014 Mark

I’m angry today. Part of it is because of this story that I’ve become aware of this morning about the story of the woman who was stabbed to death in…

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Spiritual Man

April 13, 2014 Mark

I wrote these lyrics a long time ago. I had this cool harmonic riff which is still waiting to find a home and I built a song around it. Unfortunately…

Fragments of my life

Getting the cuts

April 11, 2014 Mark

I attended an all boys school in Geelong. It was catholic. The culture was toxic on many levels. Getting the cuts was being strapped on the hand by a heavy…

Fragments of my life

Postcards from Hell

March 24, 2014 Mark

When is the right time to change? I nearly left it too late. This was kind of confronting to write. Its not easy to fess up to being as low…

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Fragments of my life

Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute

May 26, 2023 Mark
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Fiction Fragments of my life
The dark fantasy story that scared me the most
Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.
Fiction Fragments of my life
Writing in the wilderness – choosing between proven paths and possibilities.
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Does Artificial Intelligence Signal the Death of the artist, writer and musician?
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Drawing From My Infinite Dark Well

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Excerpt from “Statue” from Dark Byways of Possibility

June 14, 2023 Mark
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May 30, 2023 Mark
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Words Will Never Do You Justice – a Brother’s Tribute

May 26, 2023 Mark
Fiction Fragments of my life

The dark fantasy story that scared me the most

April 13, 2023 Mark
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