This column by Mona Weatherly was originally published in the June 10, 2021 issue of the Custer County Chief.
Ernest Hemingway is credited as saying âWriting is easy. You just sit at your typewriter and bleed.â
Iâve done enough creative writing to understand what old Papa meant. And Iâll add that when writing for local media, you sweat, too.
Iâve said more than once that, for all the people Iâve contacted about 30x30, only one has been invited to the discussion, the Director of the Nebraska Game and Parks. Yesterday, Guy Mills, Jr. reminded me, that he, too, was asked to contribute to the discussion. In front of not only the Governor but also to a crowd of about 150 people!
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Shannon, now 45, went on to release his cover of Moving Pictures What About Me?, which eventually reached No. 1 on the ARIA chart.
His industry success and fame however has not reached the same heights as Guy, now 39, over the years.
Flashback! A whopping 17 years have passed since Guy Sebastian (right) controversially beat runner-up Shannon Noll (left) on the inaugural season of reality TV show Australian Idol
Controversy: At the time, many fans were outraged that Guy had won the popular vote and insisted that Shannon was robbed . Pictured: 2003 Australian Idol finale
When news of an Australian Idol reboot was first reports, Shannon was immediately keen to get involved.