Category: writing
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 5
Today much better than yesterday, In fact… it’s worse. It’s the weekend though and we’ve all gotta have a little fun sometime. November 5 Slept in Fry up breakfast Lunch date with a friend Shopping with a friend Drinks with the housemate/my aunt and uncle Dinner with Mat’s parents See how I padded that out…
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NanoWriMo 2017: Day 4
Day 4 was one of those days you might as well not count at all. The words I got down were negligible but I did get them down. I think this year, for me, NaNoWriMo is about getting back into a writing habit after a very disrupted sort of year. So really, any amount of words I’m…
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 3
Today I had a 2 hour train commute… Each way! Ample time to write in, let’s see how I faired. November 3 4hrs commuting 5hrs working in Sydney – Day Job 1 Read some of The Fourteenth Summer of Angus Jack by Jen Storer WRITING TIME: 50 minutes WORDS WRITTEN: 864 RUNNING TOTAL: 6313
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 2
Today’s probably going to look a little less busy than yesterday, because instead of walking the dog I slept in. Oh well… here’s the stats. November 2 Slept in 3hrs work from home – Day Job 1 Added new items to my store Read The Girl Who Ruled Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente 4hrs retail work –…
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NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 1
It’s the first day of NaNoWrimo 2017 (in Australia anyway) when I’m writing this. I’m sitting at my cousins desk in my Aunt and Uncle’s house because, since Mat and I stopped travelling, we’ve been couch surfing. Ideally NaNoWriMo is conducted in the comfort of a room of one’s own, in an empty house with…
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How I Manage My Short Story Submissions
When I first started submitting stories to journals, magazines and competitions I didn’t keep track of them. I didn’t really need to because it was intermittent and rare for me to actually complete a story and then send one off. These days I submit stories on a regular basis. Even if I haven’t written…
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Chronology of my writing self
I read Flaubert’s Parrot by Julian Barnes, a novel full of full of chronologies, bestiaries and other clever discourse devices, in 2014. I subsequently had a conversation with a friend about the moments in her past which, with the gift of hindsight, she was able to recognise as significant in guiding her to her current…
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Ending: A Short Story
Someone knocked on my front door. From my bedroom window I could see a dash of blonde hair but nothing else. Another knock. And again. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock. When I opened the door she pushed inside, grabbed me by the throat and shoved me against the exposed brick wall. She loomed over me.…
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My 3 best short story rejections
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…
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On Reading: ‘The Thing in the Forest’ by A.S. Byatt
Packing up my parents house has been a long, grueling process. Something that has made it even longer but far less grueling is the discover and rediscover of books. You may have seen my Picture Book post on Twitter recently. Brushing up on my #PictureBooks no sign of Velvetine Rabbit yet though. #amreading pic.twitter.com/kKYJrWOKdM…