Author: Leigh :) Stark

  • Some Assembly Required

    Some Assembly Required

    Boy meets girl at Ikea. Boy buys Ikea furniture only to find an Allen key is missing. Boy takes back furniture and attempts to acquire Allen key only to meet Ikea girl again. Boy falls for Ikea girl. Hilarity ensues.

    Currently unsigned. 

    Available in ePub (iBook compatible), Kindle mobi, PDF, and Word DOC for proofing.

  • The Ratings Game

    The Ratings Game

    A mocumentary TV show about Australia’s classification bureau.

    Two episodes have been written of a six episode series.

    Currently unsigned.

  • Literally speaking: the best WordPress themes for the text obsessed

    As a writer, I have this obsession with text and letters and sentences and words.

    This happens possible because I do this whole writing thing day in – at work, where I write technology journalism at GadgetGuy.com.au – and day out – when I go home and write books and other pieces of nonsense that spill out of my head and onto the page.

    This obsession with writing makes me want to have a webpage that speaks more in words than playful designs, so much that the big words become the playful designs.

    A few years ago, I attempted this style with what is my current WordPress theme, a modification and severe customisation that I later called “Spontaneous Box.” This theme relies heavily on Ozh’s Random Words, a plugin that pulls various lines out of a file and shows them on specific parts of the page.

    To date, there are well over 50 in the system, and I want this to still be a feature in my new site, in a redesign of my page.

    In fact, an upcoming redesign is exactly why I’ve written this, to show some of the themes out there that point speak in text and showcase big shiny words that yell loud and clear to the reader.

    So here we are, reader, with a list that might be helpful to you. If you’re a writer that wants a WordPress theme that says “hell yes, I’m a writer,” this list is for you.

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  • Black Coffee

    Black Coffee

    A play written a few years ago about an instruction manual writer trying to find love with a backdrop of coffee. Black coffee.