I’ve sat down a few times over the past few days to try and write what I’m about to write. It’s serious, I’m being serious, but I’ve neither the time, nor the perspective, to prettify this up with well-crafted sentences or sweet phrasing. Some things just need to be blurted out. This will be raw,…
photo credit: entelepentele So how do I back up Tuesday’s post (which has become one of my highest hits of the year)? Blogging gurus would have me seizing the day, taking advantage of the opportunity to convert TRAFFIC to SUBSCRIBERS and all the other… stuff. Not me. No, I’ll be pulling back for a while….
Edit: updated here! Writer 1: Can you believe I haven’t heard back yet about my submission to that journal? Even worse, they ran an article almost exactly the same as my piece in their recent edition! Writer 2: Jerks. Writer 1: I’m sure they took my idea. Their loss – I could’ve written it so…
The Town Hall program at the Emerging Writers’ Festival is the one weekend I block out long in advance to enjoy. All fledgling writers AND bloggers would benefit attending, in my opinion, if you’re serious about learning about craft, or at the very least discovering more about the writing scene. I’ve selected below a cross-section…
I am nursing a slight hangover, so indulge me dear Internet, keep me here in my little nook to tippity-tap away on the keys, anything so I can escape my darlings for just a while. Thanks! To show I am nothing if not consistent, my tooth is still causing issues. I went back last Friday…
One of my oldest girlfriends in the world knows how to host the perfect garden party and for the past few years she has combined this talent with doing her bit for a good cause by hosting an Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. We attended last year (here are the photos) and recently again. Below are…
By my side is a school uniform list, nicely tabled with all the things I need – and those they just want me to buy. This list came in a pack for 2012 Preps, one of which Riley will be. In between the codes, styles and colours, breathtaking prices – and we go to a…
Another present from yesterday (and I promise I will put to bed all Mother’s Day talk after this) was a paddle pop stick bookmark. I opened it and thought, It’s like the cover of Imperial Bedrooms! See? Yes? No? Or maybe I read too much? 😉
Mother’s Day technically happened for me a few weeks ago when an early present arrived and was placed upon the counter – a slow cooker, something which I’d pondered over buying for a while. I thought it would make my lazy cooking fantasies come true! You just chuck the stuff in and eight hours later…
