Living at Mattie’s
You may remember my first stint at Mattie Furphy house a wee while ago. The time has come for my second stay as part of my emerging writer residency with …
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50 Shades of Blue – rejection of the worst kind
I don’t like to whinge and wallow in my sorrow. I also rarely vent through social media. Today I feel I should break this rule for once. Listening to my …
Why the hell am I blogging? Reason #2
I know, you were thinking I wouldn’t add any further thoughts to my series of Why the hell am I blogging, right? Wrong! Have you heard the public snide about …
The best way to effectively avoid writing
Ask any published author about their best writing tips and I guarantee one of their first response will be something like ‘simply write’ along with ‘read other books’. The sad …
Day 4: Crap! Day 4 already????
“Do you need anything?” “No, thank you.” “How are you going?” “Good, thank you.” “Do you get lots done?” “Yes great, thank you.” Theses are typical questions I’ve been asked …
The culprits L5 and L3
Before my physio appointment last week I was contemplating cancelling it. Why? I honestly thought my back was much, much better already so why waste money, right? Wrong! My physio …
Day one: bump-out/bump-in
Last night when I packed my work gear in preparation for my one week writing residency at FAWWA (the other three weeks will follow in September) I felt like I …
And the winner is…
…well, we’ll find out this Friday when Judge Liana Christensen announces the winners of this year’s Lyndall Hadow & Donald Stuart Short Story Competition. Since I have absolutely no personal …
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