Writing
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And then there were two…
Hello world! In the last thirty days I have undertaken the massive, mind-boggling, word-murdering challenge that is NaNoWriMo and I have won. I am now the proud owner of my second novel length manuscript. Currently entitled ‘Adventures in Mediocrity’ is it about 55,000 words long. This is not a long novel, as novels go, however…
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Happy Blogoversary to me!
Yesterday was the two year anniversary of starting this blog, and I would have posted this yesterday but I had to work and then I had to get my NaNoWriMo words done and then I was sleepy. I have achieved a lot of things in the last two years that have made me much happier…
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Richmond Adventure
After taking myself out for a coffee at a semi local (about 10 min walk) cafe to write up my plan for NaNoWriMo (that’s National Novel Writing Month) I went on a bit of a ramble through the suburb I call home. There’s quite a lot of cool graffiti, given the number of people in…
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I have something to say
I have nothing to say I have nothing to say I believe I have nothing to say I believe I have nothing worth saying I have no right to make people listen to me I will ever amount to anything I don’t believe that being a writer is a valid goal I don’t believe that…
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My Genre
I find it odd being told that something is ‘my genre’. I was told this on Saturday in my writing group. I had brought along two short, humorous poems which were both extremely well received. One of the comments made later was that this was clearly ‘my genre’, and was much more enjoyable than some…
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Quiz times
I recently submitted a (potentially) humourous quiz that I’d written to the Monash University campus magazine, Lot’s Wife. Unfortunately they chose not to accept the submission, they said it was not suited to their readership and that the concept was ‘overdone’ (they’re probably right). Regardless of this setback, I liked my quiz and feel like you…
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Writing Games
Today I spent a couple of hours this afternoon with a group of people doing writing games. This was organised by through a Writers’ Meetup group and consisted of eight people, none of whom I’d met before as it was my first outing with this group. After a brief period of chatting and socialising the…
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My Easter Challenge
I saw when I was at uni the yesterday that there is a Monash University Undergraduate Prize for Creative Writing. It is in partnership with the Emerging Writers’ Festival which is happening in Melbourne in May. I have about a week off from classes at uni for Easter and while I will be using this…
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Daylesford Adventure
Last Sunday I drove about 120km out of Melbourne to Daylesford. The area is well known for it’s natural mineral springs, and was a favoured holiday spot of families and glitterazzi in times gone by. Apparently my maternal great grandparents were among those who frequented the area. The spring water is slightly fizzy with a…
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Writing Exercise
As part of the Penguin workshop we were given a scenario and 7 minutes to write something about it. I thought I would share it with you, it just goes to show that even when you think you have nothing to write, you can find something. Stimulus: We are at a very fancy party, a…
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