Tag: Writing Life

• March 28, 2018

  Making Money From Writing

  

  The age old question. Can anyone really make any money from writing? Whether it’s freelance or fiction plenty of people will tell you the answer is a resounding NO. Once when I was volunteering at a literary even I got chatting with a published author who was sitting on the panel. When I told her…
• February 6, 2018

  Showing Hearts has been published!

  Two weeks ago Volume 18 of FIVE:2:ONE hit the stands with my name on the contents page. It was a long slog from acceptance (mid last year) to publication but it was worth it to see me name in an honest to goodness Amazon listing. The story, ‘Showing Hearts’ is about a pair of ex-lovers.…
• January 23, 2018

  How to Use Writing Prompts to Keep Writing

  I always associated writing prompts with getting started. Used to spark new ideas or stories. What I didn’t realise was that prompts can be used at any stage of the writing process (and at any skill level). Natasha Lester’s post on how she uses writing prompts really helped with this realisation. So, while some prompts…
• January 16, 2018

  Can you only have one creative passion?

  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…
• December 1, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 30

  It’s over. NaNoWriMo has come to a close yet again. Some of us have novels now. Some. like me, gave up super early. Either way I’m sure we all learnt something in the process. I stepped back, reassessed my goals and had some other wins as well. Which brings me to yesterday, and how I…
• November 30, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 29

  Not long now. How has everyone gone with their novels? Better than me I hope. Day 29 saw me return to work after four days off while my mum was in town. As such I did very little other than that. I did read some of Winnie the Pooh and downloaded a short story collection…
• November 29, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 23 – 28

  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…
• November 23, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 22

  I can’t say I did much yesterday. I tinkered a little with my short story but I intend to look at it properly in December. Gotta give it time to breath. It might be a bit of a short turn around but I want to submit it to the Young Explorer’s Adventure Guide which is due…
• November 21, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 20

  Yesterday I finally had time to write and, as you know from my last post, I had an idea ready to run with as well. So, that’s what I did. I wrote the whole thing (2000 words) in pretty much one sitting. God it felt good. I’m pretty sure you all know that feeling you…
• November 20, 2017

  NaNoWriMo 2017: Day 19

  I was watching Paul Kelly Live at the Sydney Opera House (on TV) last night and during an interview he said something about song writing that struck a cord (no pun intended). He said a lot of song writing was boring yourself until you have an idea. I totally agree with that, or to put…