Hi, I’m Bruce Clarke. I’m 44 years old, live in Melbourne, Australia and have embarked on a second career as a freelance writer. My main career as Finance Manager for Moonee Valley Racing Club is what pays the bills. I am married to the lovely Lisa (Wakes), and have two great kids from my first marriage – Rebekah (15) and Tim (13). My interests include sports, travel, writing, music, movies and cooking. I’ve spent several stints living abroad – London, Papua New Guinea and New Zealand – and still have many friends living in those countries. My Kiwi friends are particularly communicative when one of their sporting teams has a rare victory over Australia.
Last year I enrolled in a Professional Writing and Editing course at CAE. My writing goal was to have some of my pieces published and I was fortunate enough to achieve this with some of the pieces I wrote for my classes.
The My Writing tab includes links to some samples of my published writing. Hopefully I will continue to add to this brag book over the next few years.
My other big interest at the moment is a part-ownership of a lovely racehorse called Tarpins. He had his first win at the end of 2007 and we are hoping for big things from him in 2008.
The main part of my blog, with my (sometimes) daily postings, is over here.
You can subscribe to my blog either via email or RSS reader by choosing your desired option from the sidebar menu.
You can contact me by leaving a comment below, or by emailing clarkebruce69 (at) gmail.com.
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20 April, 2007 at 3:51 pm |
I hope you got your career.
20 April, 2007 at 5:11 pm |
Thanks Riza, always great to have a new visitor to my site
BC
26 April, 2007 at 5:08 pm |
Nice work, mate. Good to see your smiley face too!
26 April, 2007 at 5:16 pm |
I’m sure there are a few old Scott Healy stories I could pull out for my blog. Like the time you got locked in the SPT garage at St Kilda Rd.
27 April, 2007 at 8:15 pm |
If it helps, I already have that one in the SPT garage documented. For a price…..
27 April, 2007 at 8:19 pm |
Send it in and I will make you and Ted McNally internet celebrities!
30 April, 2007 at 2:44 pm |
Bruce,
came across this blog, wondering suburb you grew up in Melbourne?
30 April, 2007 at 2:53 pm |
East Keilor, not far from Tullamarine Airport.
Home of JB HiFi, the Centreway, East Keilor Leisure centre and not too much else.
30 April, 2007 at 3:00 pm |
OK so you are the Bruce I went to school with. Love to get in touch. Tell me how.
4 May, 2007 at 5:42 pm |
If you write as well you talk you will have plenty of material to publish.
All the best I will keep a look out for your writings
4 May, 2007 at 7:41 pm |
Welcome to the site, Farmer.
For those who don’t know, Andrew Mc Swain (Farmer) is famous for two things.
1. Eating
2. Going out for 17 in cricket
21 May, 2007 at 2:33 pm |
hi clarkie how are you you were pretty pissed at the cricket do.
21 May, 2007 at 2:45 pm |
Hi Peter
I was only warming up…
24 May, 2007 at 5:36 am |
Hey Bruce Clarke,
It’s Peter, from Nerdgasm.
1. Thanks for checking out our site!
2. Do you get a lot of people making Batman or Superman references towards you? I imagine you would…
3. As a freelance writer, you might want to check out the Venture Theatre & Venture Scripts links on Nerdgasm. I’m a part of a group that has been writing & producing original plays for about 2 years now, and we’re trying to branch out and raise some more awareness. It may or may not be up your alley… guess it depends on if you like writing plays or not. Either way, it wouldn’t hurt to check it out… being a writer and all.
4. If you’re interested in exchanging links, let me know. blog.nerdgasm@gmail.com
Cool site, by the way! You’ve got a lot of interesting stuff on here!
Peter
29 May, 2007 at 5:27 pm |
send pjspider a copy of the KIDS STUFF play pear ,also your writing is crap
and col gray rocks
Legend is one of my brothers. Kidstuff is a play I helped write (and performed in) when I was at school. He thinks that story is hilarious (I don’t blame him).
Unfortunately for Legend, his computer skills are far inferior to mine. Any more cheek from him and embarrassing photos will start popping up everywhere on the net…
29 May, 2007 at 7:36 pm |
unfortunately for bruce,our mum has passed on some very interesting KIDSTUFF pictures to me and he forgets that my wife is an exellent computer opperator
3 June, 2007 at 7:54 pm |
Bruce Clarke – I’ve just visited this section of your site for the first time and I’d like to inform you that the first entry on this page was not submitted by me. It’s not the first time that my name has been used in vein on your site but I do assure you that my support for your new career extends further than the handful of disgusting profanities diplayed above. I am appalled and enraged that someone has used my identity to voice their own opinions with vulgar words that do not appear in my vocabulary. Such crass behaviour and gutter humour is the essence of filthy rags such as the Truth Newspaper and I shall be contacting legal advise to pursue compensation for this foul act of libel.
I’m serious.
Edit – the first, abusive comment has since been deleted.
3 June, 2007 at 8:25 pm |
Surname: Boy
First Name: Moose
5 June, 2007 at 9:40 am |
Amazed at your reply to Peter Campbell on this page Bruce Clarke. Peter suggested you were pretty pissed at the cricket do. You told him you were just warming up.
Is that why Smooks, Whisper, Myself and even my Mrs went on to party afterwards until 4am – while you gave us the slip and sneakily disappeared into the night and tucked up into bed nice and early?
5 June, 2007 at 11:07 am |
Guilty
7 June, 2007 at 2:59 pm |
Guess who has the Kidstuff Record
Hope it dosent suddenly reappear!!!
6 September, 2007 at 9:52 pm |
Great stuff, my rugby mates loved the article. Send me your email. cheers gd
30 September, 2008 at 9:41 pm |
GUMI —
I HAVE FOUND YOU – HOWZAT !?
ON ON !
SUBZA
1 January, 2009 at 3:51 pm |
Subza
A pleasure to hear fromyou after all these years. Have you traded your life of debauchery for one of respectability yet?
BC