Writing
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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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NaNoWriMo 2021
Regular readers of the blog will know that I have been participating in National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) every year since 2012. This year will be my tenth year participating. The stats on the NaNoWriMo website say I’ve written 466,945 words as part of my NaNo projects, which seems amazing and doesn’t include the words…
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The end is near*
*or nearer than before. Next Monday will be my birthday. The second to be celebrated in significant restrictions as a result of COVID-19. Back at the start of all of this, in March of 2020, people said it would take two years to get through and out the otherside. We’re already well into a year…
Fleur Blüm 