God’s Spin

John Weldon is the author of Spincycle, a bloke’s perspective of a marriage breakdown, and a book that we all should read, according to tutor, Lucia Nardo. Professional Writing and Editing students met him earlier in the year when he was a guest speaker during a ‘Industry Skills’ class. images-1

johnweldon@vu.edu.au

offset@students.vu.edu.au

  • Head of the editorial board of Offset, the Victoria University journal.
  • Bachelor of Communications

Lucia asks Weldon what he does at Offset.

“I am God,” He says.

Thank Christ for that, I’ve been waiting to meet Him. He says that once we’ve finished doing our PWE course we are eligible to apply for a position as one of the team who produces Offset if we are going on to do a degree.

Weldon’s position is Management Editor. He gets to work on the whiteboard and draws a diagram of the board’s structure with God sitting on top and His underlings ranged across the board below Him. God says that the launch each year is challenging and exciting for all concerned. Continue reading