Once upon a time my children and I played you-say-a-line-I-say-a-line, stories. It was amusing, imaginative and kept us all on our thinking toes, although my daughter had a habit of killing lots of our characters until we had created on that she liked. But years have passed and we haven’t played the I say-a-line-you-say a-lineContinue reading “Thinking Toes and Twinkling Readers”
From Vomit Draft to the Pull of Memorable Characters: Saturday Writing Sagas 1
The second draft of my nanowrimo novel (2009) is calling out to me and saying, ‘why aren’t you writing me.’ I have many pat answers and excuses, but most of all it’s fear I don’t get rid of the right characters. There were so many sub plots and characters in the ‘vomit draft’ that IContinue reading “From Vomit Draft to the Pull of Memorable Characters: Saturday Writing Sagas 1”
Journey of a Book
The book is Magic Fish Dreaming. You can find out more by visiting the blog Magic Fish Dreaming
A Day for Happiness
It’s international happiness day and on facebook someone at Red Cross asks me what makes me smile. Solua Middleton blogs about what a genuine smile looks like and what made her smile. So putting my best smiley face on, and finding a family picture that really makes me grin (see above) this is what I cameContinue reading “A Day for Happiness”
Evolution of Shane Howard
Last year I was very excited and honoured to do this assignment for BushTV. I have always been a fan of the song ‘Solid Rock.’ Shane Howard, Irish Australian song-writer of ‘Solid Rock,’ and founder of Goanna, has spent a life time trying to understand and distil the collective Australian story. This journey has beenContinue reading “Evolution of Shane Howard”
