Growing up in warm, rural northern New South Wales meant that snakes were always going to be part of my reality, as indeed they are for many of us, especially out in the scrub or even in the suburbs. When we visited my grandparents’ farm red-bellied and brown snakes were most common, although there were…
Subtitled: If I was remotely interested in reaping SEO benefits from Google Keywords this post would definitely kick some ass, which is not to say I’m not generally, or sometimes, interested in that kind of thing – ‘thing’ being a non-specific noun that creative writer teachers and SEO experts alike would frown upon – but…
This post is set to publish while I will be cleaning up after hosting a morning tea for bloggers at my house (re-cap to come), but today is also special for another reason. Submissions are now open for Miscellaneous Press’ new project – An Equal Task: Celebrating Australian Women’s Writing. Big day!
I first read The Axis Trilogy ten years ago. We were living in our townhouse in East Brunswick, located less than fifty metres from CERES nursery. Strange as this might seem, but I particularly remember the time of day when I finished Enchanter. I’d finished work (I was only working mornings at that point) and…
Life / October 17th, 2011
This week is going to be quite a busy one around here – for reasons that will later be apparent – but first I wanted to share with you guys a nice way to kick it off: that is, a chance to win 2 x $50 vouchers to be used at www.groupon.com.au They have also…
We have made a deliberate choice to free up our weekend mornings this year. No swimming lessons, no sport. True, some of these have been squeezed into our weeknight schedule, making these a little tighter, but I can’t emphasise just how nice has been to sit around of a Saturday morning, rather like Adam is…
Mess. We have it. Constantly. There’s even a cat in there somewhere. This is a fairly typical depiction of our household. But I’m not going to dwell on that kind of mess today. As part of the Finish Quantum ‘We Love Messy Meals’ campaign, I thought I’d first reminisce about the kids and their…
I was in the library the other day when I had one of those lightning bolt moments of clarity. This might seem basic to you – as it did to me afterwards, seeing I’m a girl of (occasional) reasonable intelligence – but I was standing there thinking about my diseased chilli bush and wondering what…
I remember when Keira was a baby in a pram and being asked at the checkout if I was interested in receiving shopping vouchers or tickets for particular community initiatives. I remember looking down at her and thinking, “I daresay I will soon enough.” Flash forward to now, when I was contacted and asked if…
