writing process

A surprise visit to my inner critic

On Saturday I was fortunate to attend a two hour workshop at the GC Libraries Elanora branch with the amazing Edwina Shaw. I have been learning from Edwina from afar for years and was finally able to attend a workshop in person. The workshop was called How to Write your Novel. Edwina admitted this was […]

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Because Seth Godin told me to!

Why do you blog? I started blogging in 2018. I’d listened to an interview with marketing legend Seth Godin where he said blogging would make me a better writer if I was consistent. Consistency is the key to finding your voice and your audience. Most of my blogs are around 500 words and I write […]

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My Wednesday

What notable things happened today? 7:05am slept in. Turned off 6am alarm. Really needed the extra hour. 9:43am received email containing the winning entry for a recent writing competition. Didn’t win. 9.45am received email about another writing competition. will use same story. Win. 10:15am alarm went off in Pilates. It was mine. Embarrassing. 11:30am met […]

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Pulling weeds.

Describe one simple thing you do that brings joy to your life. A year ago we bought a house. The previous owners had been very fond of their lawn and had top dressed to the point that the grass was covering the damp course. I organised a landscaper to come in and scrape away the […]

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