On Friday I took my kids to the circus. We'd managed to get to the last day of the holidays without actually doing anything fun (standing in the hallway and shouting "JUST PACK YOUR CLOTHES!" notwithstanding) and I was bobbing around in Mother Guilt Lake.
I'm sorry I haven't responded to the thoughtful and insightful comments on my last post. I want to. I keep looking at them and thinking I have the appropriate way to respond, but I don't. Because here's a thing: writing about R U OK? Day
Triggers, lots. LIFELINE: 13 11 14. Today is World Suicide Prevention Day. That's a day when people around the world prevent suicide, I guess. Allegedly. And on Thursday we have R U OK? Day, which is a different kind of day, I guess. Great. Awareness of
You probably haven't read about it on Twitter, but Melbourne is putting on some stunning early spring weather at the moment. To celebrate, and because men impregnate women sometimes, my family came around for lunch yesterday. I'm a nervous wreck on the weekends--it's something about the
I've vaguely begun to plan a wedding. Mine! It's going to be an autumn Sunday breakfast wedding in our own garden, with bacon and our friends and everyone will have a Bloody Mary and a nap. Due to the fact that I had almost no input
This is my second book review. That's why it's not very good. Also general disdain. Last week I read the multi-award-winning, highly acclaimed tome Questions of Travel, by Michelle de Kretser. I had tried for some time to read it on my Kindle, but after making no
There is some actual lunacy afoot. When I started writing my current WIP, I had a reasonably clear idea of how the story would unfold. I had outlined part of it, written notes for every main character and created a flowchart of how and when they
An anonymous caller from the Gold Coast area decided that I should start my Wednesday with this email: Wow. You are a moron. THe most important thing that I have gathered from reading your blog is that people like you should not be allowed to breed. I
This week, we can identify those people who are brave on the internet according to their decision to post a photo of their face, sans makeup, with pock marks and wrinkles and the other things that the cowardly amongst us usually hide. That's how being brave
Here's a thing I hear people say a lot: Your book will fall flat without believable dialogue. I hear people saying this because I spend a lot of time listening. I didn't start listening because I wanted to improve my writing or anything stupid like that; I'm just
A few weeks ago, I had spent more time than I want to admit opening Scrivener, popping down a hundred words and then thinking that I would become inspired later, that I would know what happens next later. I had gone from actively writing a book to