Easter means lots of things to different people. In Australia, the land of the long weekend, we often see it as the best weekend of the year—four days off in a row. Autumn means cooler nights, sunny days, the opportunity to go for bush walks and to enjoy sitting outside in our favourite cafes. Time […]
Getting out of our comfort zones takes many forms. Once I went on a tandem parachute jump because my husband thought it would be a good ‘together time’ activity. That was way out of my comfort zone! On another occasion, I asked a stylist friend to take me shopping to take me out of my […]
Last night we had dinner with some Italian friends at their apartment overlooking the Swan River on a beautiful, still autumn evening in Perth. When we arrived the table was set, a carafe of wine breathed on the table and kisses were abundant. Our contribution was our favourite Australian dessert wine, the rest was pure Italian. […]
The Nike catch cry has come to mind over the years and I’ve often advised people to, ‘Just Do It‘. Today I’m telling myself to ‘Just Do It’ in several situations I find myself in. Firstly, the novel I’m writing has been tying me up in knots. First person/third person pint of view? Two complete […]
Today was a mixed day. This morning we left home at 6.30 to take my husband to hospital to have a shoulder operation. Afterwards, my son, his girlfriend and I stopped for breakfast on the way at a great cafe and enjoyed an amazing meal together. Then, I dropped my son and his girlfriend off at the […]
As I was driving home today after a walk around the river, I saw a bus stop advertisement that said, Are you an experience collector? The words leapt out at me as I passed the bus stop and I had to look up the words when I got home. Apparently it’s a beer ad. I […]
Yesterday at the writing retreat we turned off our technology and enjoyed the lack of beeps, pop ups and distractions of social media. Has it become a habit we can’t break? As a writer we’re told that we need a platform. A following. A tribe. We need to have people who follow us and engage […]
In order to understand the world, one has to turn away from it on occasion. Albert Camus Today I spent the day with a few of my fellow writers from Kinwomen. Every few months we get together to chat, write, share a meal and reflect. Today we each had different things to work on: our blogs, […]
Appointments For Adventure 9: Ad Lib Today I did a fifteen minute interview with JD from 98five FM about my writing journey and some tips for budding writers. I’m no expert, but for the last month we’ve been chatting about the writing life, the process and creativity. Usually we prepare in advance and […]
