My first "published" writing was an Enid Blyton-Famous Five-style adventure story, Sand Island, in 1972. I wrote the story and illustrated it with coloured Texta markers. My aunt, the only one in our family with a typewriter, typed up the manuscript. And my father helped bind and cover the book. I was ten.

A Good Story is a blog post from the Tall And True writers' website, written and narrated by Robert Fairhead.

Read the post and see my illustrations on Tall And True: https://www.tallandtrue.com.au/blog/a-good-story-sand-island

Podcast website: https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com

Episode 88, Finding Inspiration (also mentions Sand Island): https://www.tallandtrueshortreads.com/finding-inspiration/

Support the podcast: https://supporter.acast.com/tall-and-true-short-reads

Buy Robert's short story collections online:

• Amazon Kindle: https://www.amazon.com/Robert-Fairhead/e/B086HZ36NM

• Apple Books: https://books.apple.com/us/author/robert-fairhead/id1436773436

• Rakuten Kobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/author/robert-fairhead

Podcast Theme and Sound Effects

Royalty-free music from Pixabay.com: Beethoven Piano Sonata No. 15 in D major, Op. 28 'Pastorale' – IV. Rondo. Allegro ma non-Troppo, performed by Karine Gilanyan.

Sound effects licensed under Creative Commons 0 from FreeSound.org:

• Typewriter: https://freesound.org/people/supersupernator/sounds/519622/

• Sticky Tape: https://freesound.org/people/megashroom/sounds/390166/

• Bell-Ping: https://freesound.org/people/Antimsounds/sounds/556049/

• Happy Birthday Music Box: https://freesound.org/people/marianna-emma/sounds/516080/

• Rowing: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438846/

• Waves Breaking: https://freesound.org/people/VMan533/sounds/575894/

• Seagulls: https://freesound.org/people/plantmonkey/sounds/377107/

• Speed Boat: https://freesound.org/people/craigsmith/sounds/438283/

• Computer Keyboard: https://freesound.org/people/D4XX/sounds/567266/

• TV Laugher: https://freesound.org/people/Evil_Ear_Recordings/sounds/524775/

Production Notes

Tall And True Short Reads is produced using Audacity.

Podcast episodes are recorded in Sydney, Australia, on the traditional lands of the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation.

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