Fusing the Medium and the Message

Welcome to the writing of Drew Turney, showcasing recent work I've done for publications and institutions throughout Australia. Select a link from the random sample below that interests you or suits your publication, or use the menu to browse by category or sub-category. If the short excerpt sounds good, click the title to read the whole story.

How can this site help you? By showing you my abilities in researching and writing stories that are engaging and easy to understand, skills over a dozen magazines and publications across Australia call on regularly.

My parallel career in design and computers is the basis for my technology writing. I'm putting my love of movies and books to practical use in film and book reviews and am talking to the personalities in publishing and filmmaking as well as reporting on the art and business of both crafts. I'm also writing general features on everything from celebrities and business to ideas and culture.

I've written over 15 novels, dozens of short stories, poetry, a journal now in its 18th year and countless other pieces of random creative thought. If you're curious about any of my imaginative, creative or fiction writing, contact me.


Cloverfield
January 24th, 2008
Cloverfield gets almost everything right. It follows the Jaws template of giving us tantalising glimpses of the beast before several full frontal shots that show us more than enough.
Rogue
July 20th, 2007
In going for a good time, old-fashioned monster movie, with none of the all-too-real terror of Wolf Creek, McLean knew he was inheriting a subgenre with strong conventions that can be the storyteller's best friend as well as worst enemy, but he gets the balance almost perfect in every regard.
Lonely Hearts
January 11th, 2008
The dogged and damaged cop on their tails is played by Travolta, who's lost his wife to suicide and is quickly losing his son to alienation while stumbling to form a human connection again with his sometime lover (Dern). His partner (Gandolfini) can only look on as he spirals into
Just Married
February 27th, 2003
We meet Tom and Sarah hurrying home through an airport, both of them obviously enraged at each other. It straight away makes us wonder what happened to the very-much-in-love couple in the poster and sets up the premise of the film.
Electric Company
May 01st, 2006
Sleek and silver, the Xda would be just as at home in science fiction as it will be in your pocket or bag.
Prints Charming
July 21st, 2008
Most multifunction centres connect straight to your PC via a USB cable, and if you've ever tried to share a printer over a network of different operating systems you know how tricky it can be. If you have a small office or home network it's worth looking at models that





More samples…

Mac OSX Tiger Since the salad days of 1998,
July 26th, 2005

Tsotsi The latest, Tsotsi, based on the
April 02nd, 2006

Bento 2 When a field is created for
July 01st, 2009

Babylon AD If you're a Hollywood watcher you
October 09th, 2008

CenTIE takes a broad approach CenTIE (Centre for Networking Technologies for
May 27th, 2003

Intego Internet Security Barrier Platinum The suite of applications monitors every
October 17th, 2006


Full client and publication list:

  • APC
  • Auscam
  • Australian Creative
  • Australian Macworld
  • Big Issue
  • Black Velvet Seductions
  • Black+White
  • Bookseller & Publisher
  • Box Magazine
  • Business News
  • Business NSW
  • Campaign Brief
  • Capture
  • CHUD.com
  • Cosmos
  • Cream
  • Curve
  • Dark Horizons
  • Desktop
  • DG
  • Digital Media
  • Empire
  • Empty Magazine
  • Fast Thinking
  • Filmink
  • Follow Gentlemen
  • Good Reading
  • Good Weekend
  • GQ
  • Hydrapinion
  • Icon (SMH)
  • Inside Film
  • Internet.au
  • Marketing
  • Men's Style
  • Metro
  • Moviehole
  • Nine To Five
  • Paranormal
  • PC Authority
  • PC Powerplay
  • PC Update
  • PC World
  • Penthouse
  • People
  • Pixelmag
  • Popular Science
  • Ralph
  • ScienceNetwork WA
  • Scoop
  • Scoop Traveller
  • Seaside Observer
  • The Sun Herald
  • The Sydney Morning Herald
  • The West Australian
  • Video Camera
  • Writing Magazine
  • Xpress