Inspiration
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I’m really trying not to expect anything right now…
I tried to write this on New Year’s Day but got distracted by being tired and a bit sore from having a big night. Even now I’m still tired and scatterbrained. When I wrote up this list I saw it’s exactly the same as last year’s. Perhaps it’s not a bad idea to stick to…
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A little poetry for your winter’s day
It’s heated blanket and tea weather in Melbourne. Despite the government easing restrictions on social gatherings I’ve largely remained cocooned at home cooking and receiving delicious baked goods from friends. I also thought it might be fun to publish my 2018 poetry chapbook as a free ebook for people looking for new content. It’s a…
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Das ist verboten
It’s been nearly four months since I was hit by a car. Some of you may be surprised to know that I’m still hobbling around on crutches, although I am rid of the moon boot as of last week. I need one further surgery to get all the metal taken out, it was supposed 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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Welcome to the Roaring 20s
Let’s start with the age old question of how did it get to 2020? I must not have been looking. Far out! In the first entry of each new year I like to post a list of my goals for the coming year. You can read the review I wrote of the last year and…
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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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Lead up to NaNoWriMo
Hello dear readers! This is just a short update post. I haven’t posted for a while, I’m going to blame this largely on going on an overseas trip (I’ll probably write more about that later). I have just come back home to Melbourne and I now realise I have a week to come up with…
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Romance Writers of Australia Conference
Last weekend I was lucky enough to attend the annual Romance Writers of Australia conference. It was held in Melbourne, my home town, this year so I thought I really should go. The conference consisted of three days of writing and business workshops and seminars. The first day was a full day workshop on plotting…
Fleur Blüm 