Writing
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Poetry and travel
For the last thirty days I have been participating in the NaPoWriMo challenge. I have undertaken this challenge the last few years, and have found it valuable if not always easy. This year I followed the prompts for each day, all except for the final day as I’m up in Sydney visiting a friend and…
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I sing a song
I sing a song to pass the timeall the hours from waking to sleep I sing a song of seductionto flirt and flutter when speaking is too hard I sing a song to comfort myselffor company through the lonely stretches I sing a song of righteous indignationfor courage to challenge injustice in the world I…
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Endings and Beginnings
April is my poetry writing month, as I undertake the Na/GloPoWriMo a month-long poetry challenge initiated by Maureen Thorson on the model of NaNoWriMo. Each day Maureen presents a prompt, relating to content, or form, or sometimes both. I have written poetry since I was an angsty teen, some of my previous work still exists…
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Smells Like Teen Angst
In honour of the release of my two new novels next Monday I’ve dug through one of my first websites for the dreadful poetry of my teens. I have created a chapbook featuring a collection of ten of my best (or worst) poems. You can download a copy of the new collection here. Be warned,…
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Barrett Women Series: Pre-order your ebook Now
This is just a quick update. My new novels will be available in exactly one month from today and I can now share links to the ebooks for pre-order. Book 1: Sins of the Father universal link, or Amazon link. Book 2: The Mother’s Faulth universal link or Amazon link. Paperback copies are still in…
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Barrett Women Series: Cover Reveal
I’m very excited to share with you the cover art for my two new novels: Sins of the Father, and The Mother’s Fault. These novels follow two generations of Barrett Women: Janine and Chloe. They can be read in any order, or individually. A reader discretion warning is in place both novels, they each deal…
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Welcome to 2022!
Here we are again, the first day of a new year, 2022. I am hesitant to say I’m feeling optimistic, since the plague is still with us, and travel seems like it’s not really on the cards yet, but perhaps we will be able to do more stuff this year. I don’t usually make new…
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Another year over…
Each year I do a little wrap up post about the last twelve months and how they’ve gone for me. 2020 was, as I’m sure it was for many of you, a shit show. 2021 started out hopeful, I went back to working in the office sometimes, I saw a couple of Melbourne Comedy Festival…
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Kicking Goals for the Start of Summer
This year I decided to do a reduced word count goal for NaNoWriMo 2021 – I aimed for a measly 30,000 and I managed to get over 3000 more than my goal, which I was pleased with. My writing habit has certainly improved over the ten years of NaNoWriMo participation. I feel like my drafting…
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‘Consider the Watchmaker’ New Collection now available
My new poetry chapbook Consider the Watchmaker is now available in ebook format from Amazon and other good retailers. It’s a collection of eleven poems, some of which have appeared here on the blog, others which have not been published. I would encourage you all to head over to your preferred ebook supplier and purchase…
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