They Speak: Jordi Kerr

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Story To… contributor Jordi Kerr discovered her passion for the written word in Grade 2 and has been putting pen to paper ever since.

ST: How long have you been writing and/or creating artwork for and why?

JK: Since I was a lil’ tacker – once I stopped the daily career changes between policewoman and baby-sitter. It was one fateful day in Grade 2, during a creative writing class, that I decided I was going to be an authoress when I grew up. At the time I didn’t realise that Grade 2 was full of such important life-lessons; only the week before we’d had a class on making jelly. The reason I’ve continued writing is a mixture of stubbornness and enjoyment – I feel more alive when I’m playing with words.

ST: The theme of Story To…, trains, is quite broad. How did you decide on your subject matter?

JK: I actually got my first inspiration from a story in mX (ha ha ha!). It started out as a story of objectophilia towards the grand old lady that is North Melbourne station, but the style made it evolve into something else again.

ST: We are currently planning the next edition of Story To… What would you like to see in there?

JK: More pages! More contributors. More mirabilary works by Miss Gentle. Just more all around!

ST: What’s the best website you’ve visited in the last week?

JK: Gotye: because I’ve fallen in love with Hearts A Mess. The other songs aren’t bad either.

ST: Assuming the Australian government has a file on everyone in this country, what do you think they have on file about you?

JK: Probably that I’m wanted for HECS debt, with a footnote about being a potential troublemaker of the low-threat variety. (I inherited a conscience that objects to unnecessary violence and unnecessarily violent weapons). And if they didn’t before then I guess they do now.

Story To... contributor, Jordi Kerr

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