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Metamorphosis
When I was fifteen I built a website a fan page to a band I filled it with my poems I used words over and over blood death bones hate Repetition with no subtlety stuff to make a Gothic novelist cringe obsessed with bodily functions and decay with the cold and the dark the website…
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Too busy? Me?
I read an interesting article on the saying no to the Cult of Busyness yesterday. It advocates doing only one thing at a time, and I can’t say I’m completely on board with that, but I do think that our society undervalues down-time. I’m particularly bad at this, juggling a few competing priorities; social contact, work,…
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Baby Steps vs. Leaps of Faith
I’m not going to talk about the fact that today is Valetine’s Day and I am not seeing anyone. I’ve recently started attending a Meet-Up group called Abundant Artists. The purpose is to get together with other local artists, predominantly working in visual art, but there are some performers too, and discuss what you’re struggling…
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Get Hairy February
Some of you may have realised by now I have feminist leanings. If you haven’t you haven’t been paying attention. I recently came across a campaign called Get Hairy February. Founded by Alex Andrews, the concept is simple; grow out your body hair for the month of February, spruik the bush, get people to pay…
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Not Enough
I’ve been having a somewhat difficult week. Nothing has happened to make it tough specifically, more a lingering, nagging feeling that something’s not right. I was thinking about this riding my bike home from work last night. The feeling I’ve been having this week is most easily summed up by the phrase “Not Enough”. Not…
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Was it Worth the Price of Admission?
Do memberships in the arts pay off? A few weeks ago I started working on the new show which Alexandra and I will be performing at the Melbourne Fringe festival in September.
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Hello 2018!
What are my goals for 2018?
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Reflections on 2017
I’ve been thinking a lot about what I’ve done over the year
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Sixth Time Lucky
This year I finished my NaNoWriMo on 28 November. My final word-count was 50,336 words. The working title of my new book is ‘The Discovery of the Franklin’. I mocked-up this cover while procrastinating doing my words one day. The story is contemporary fiction with romantic elements. The main characters are sisters, Sarah and Katie…
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Feeling Powerless
content warning: male violence against women
Fleur Blüm 