Writing
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Hibernation
The cold weather is coming we’re locked in our houses my brain no longer works as it should – stuck a needle on a record skipping ‘round and ‘round the same day repeated Be creative, that will help pass the time be disciplined, use the time wisely but how can I when everything is…
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Florida Man
Wears a ‘F*ck the Police’ shirt to court wins case Leaves job at Burger King, steals ‘all their nuggets’, because ‘f*ck it’ Spends four hours yelling at people from roof of Wendy’s in underwear Gets tired of waiting at hospital, steals ambulance, drives home Suspected of using private plane to draw giant radar penis Tried…
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Cover Reveal and Pre-Orders
In addition to taking isolation selfies, I have been preparing my third novel for release on 1 June 2020. I can now reveal the gorgeous e-book cover, made for me by Charmaine Ross. ‘Cassandra Morton’s life is a mess; her mother just died, her ex is a nightmare and her sister’s in trouble. Jason Harding…
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National Poetry Writing Month
Now we’re all staying home and not leaving the house for reals, I would like to invite you all to join me doing National Poetry Writing Month (NaPoWriMo). I’ve done it a couple of times before and while some days are harder than others to produce a poem per day, I’ve come out the month…
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I’m gonna be over here…
…doing my own thing, 1.5m away from any other people. So we’re all totally over-loaded with COVID-19 pandemic content, so I’m going to try not to talk about that too much, but it’s changed everything for everyone for the foreseeable future. One of the things that has changed for me is what I want to…
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Auckland Writers’ Festival
I’m a subscriber of an online literary magazine, Kill You Darlings. They’ve been around since 2009 and I admit I don’t read as many articles as I probably should. What I do pay attention to are the excellent competitions. One I recently entered was to win tickets to the Auckland Writers Festival 12-17 May 2020.…
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Reflections on 2019
Firstly, this is my 301st blog post! Wow! I completely missed the fact I’d hit three hundred when I published the last one. My first post here was 7 November 2011. It seems like a lifetime ago, although eight years is a pretty long time too. I’ve done a lot of stuff in that time,…
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End of year schedule madness
We’ve entered the realm of Christmas parties and end-of-year celebrations. I had my work party last Wednesday – good chicken, disappointing dessert, my poetry group end-of-year do today and my writing group Christmas party tomorrow! As we’ve done in the past, the poetry group visited the Ian Potter Centre at the National Gallery of Victoria…
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Winning and Procrastination
Yesterday, November 28, 2019 I won NaNoWriMo for the eighth time. I’m proud of myself, but having done it before it doesn’t feel like such a big deal anymore. I’m ready to take a bit of a break from my story, but I have two more days of November to try to get some words…
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ABC
A poem can start with anything But seldom leads to any Cause worth exploring Don’t think about it Everything is worth writing about For yourself, or for someone else Get the idea down, fix it later However, you must remember I can’t be the one to fix it Joust wordily with your thoughts Kill procrastination…
Fleur Blüm 