Creative and Freelance Writer
I get it. Rejection is tough. Sometimes you start to wonder, is my story good enough? Is it good at all? Should I just give up and move on to the next thing. I’ve talked about rejection before. I’ve talked about how sometimes a rejection letter can be the most motivating thing you receive, I’ve …
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I watched Annihilation the other night. Horror/thrillers where the cast gets picked off one by one until only the protagonist is left standing is not usually my jam but I really wanted to like this one. I wanted to like it because the core cast was entirely female in a genre and narrative structure that …
Can you only have one creative passion? If you’re a writer can you be a painter too? Can you be a musician and a sculptor? Yes, of course you can. Now that was a short post, perhaps I should go into more detail. For a very long time now I have identified as a …
I know, I know, I promised daily posts in November and it's almost been a week! My excuse is this... my mum came to visit. And for me that means, DROP EVERYTHING! We went to waterfalls, fed calves, shopped, did a 6km coastal walk and drank lots of coffee. Today she's left and I'm sad …
It's a rainy day here on the south coast of NSW. And today is the first day since NaNoWriMo began that I have nowhere to be. Yes, I still have some freelance commitments to attend to but other than that... it's all novelling, baby! Let's see how I went. November 6 Pre-prepared chicken for dinner …
Being a writer comes with the bitter knowledge that you're going to be rejected... a lot. I have been lucky enough to have six short stories accepted (so far) but I also received 17 rejections this year alone. Those form rejections certainly sting but I take it in my stride, it's all part of the …
Dear Dreamers, I'm busting out the WordPress app on my phone for the first time. I really should have done it sooner. You may have gotten more regular updates that way. Oh well. Since last I wrote we have travelled from Townsville to Cape York and back again... and then down to Emerald. We've started …
