Writing
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Is this good tired?
This weekend I attended a writers retreat with members of the Melbourne Romance Writers Guild. We were in a house down on the beautiful, cold, rainy, Mornington Peninsula. Nineteen writers all together, inspiring each other and learning from one another. I came home today, and I’m super tired. Partially in the brain-full-of-new-information way, and partially…
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30 Poems in 30 Days
And now it’s over again for the year. I managed to do all thirty, though not all on their allocated day. At least one I missed as I came down with the dreaded COVID about a week ago. Thankfully, I’m feeling much improved, though not quite back to previous levels of health. I’m going to…
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Simile
Write a poem quick and dirty Like sex pressed up against a wall Write a poem sharp and punchy Like noodle soup with extra chilli Write a poem long and languorous Like a hot bath at the end of a long week Write a poem full of cliched similes Like a children’s book written for…
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NaPoWriMo 2023
People who have followed by blog for a while will know that I have done a NaPoWriMo a few times previously. The basic idea is that I write a poem every day for the month of April. The woman who started it, Maureen Thorson, provides prompts each day, but they’re optional, so sometimes I don’t…
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Do you like audiobooks?
I’m pleased to say I’ve taken advantage of a new offering from Apple Books to have two of my novels read by their AI book narrators. See the links to these two books below: My Mother’s Secret Discovering the Franklins I’m curious to see how these turn out, and would love for some of my…
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Everything has it’s season
The trees around my house have noticed that it’s been autumn for three days and have thus shed a bunch of leaves. It feels very early in the year to be having autumn, but perhaps it’s more about Melbourne having not really had a summer. It was cold and wet until the end of December…
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It’s lauch day for Singular Purpose!
Singular Purpose, the sequel to my 2021 book, Singular Focus, is available to buy now! I’m very excited for you to read what’s been happening with Freya, Jacob and Dinah and what new trouble they’ve been dragged into. You can order ebook copies through all the usual places using the link here. Hard copy orders…
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Singular Purpose available to read in two weeks!
Singular Purpose, the sequel to my 2021 book, Singular Focus, is available to buy in two weeks! I’m very excited for you to read what’s been happening with Freya, Jacob and Dinah and what new trouble they’ve been dragged into. You can preorder ebook copies through all the usual places using the link here. Hard…
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Welcome to 2023!
The last days of 2022 have been really rough – Mum wasn’t well at Christmas and wasn’t able to participate in the family event, plus my back pain issue has been really fared up for some reason. I’m ready to welcome in a new year with hopefully a few less challenges. As usual, I’m setting…
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Disconnect
We’re always looking for contact, scrollingBut never quite connecting, separate We never quite connect, separatedBy a bubble, a wall around ourselves Create a wall, a place to hide ourselvesAnd always longing, yearning to be seen A longing, yearning for someone to seeWho we are, instead of who we present To be who we are, not…
Fleur Blüm 