An Early Xmas Gift to Myself: Time to Write
For the past few months, I’ve only been able to snatch brief spells of writing time due to Year Twelve exams, school camps, graduations, speech days, and general running about for the end of the school year. There was...
My Non-Writing Week
1. I haven’t written any new words or edited any old ones in my novel for a couple of weeks. The kids are on school holidays, except for my Year 12 daughter who is sitting her mock exams. There have been concerts, camps, birthdays,...
When Good Enough Isn’t
I’ve just returned from a holiday to Tasmania, my birth state. I went back for my cousin’s 21st birthday, and tacked a couple of days on at the beginning for writing. I stayed in a cottage at Branxholm, a rural town in the northeast of Tasmania....
Humps and Troughs
I thought I’d squeeze a blog post in before the end of the financial year—so here’s an update: The Novel: Unfortunately, I don’t have much to report on this front, except that I’m stuck. So stuck, I’m considering seeking help. When I...
Storyboarding and More …
I know I said I was taking a break from blogging, but I thought I’d give you an update on what I’ve been up to over the past week. The Novel As you know from my last blog post, I’m rewriting Ida’s Children....
A Break from Blogging
This is a quick post to let you know I’ll be taking a break from blogging in order to concentrate on my novel. The thing is, an agent has kindly sent me some feedback. By ‘kindly’, I mean ‘bluntly’, and...
Final Draft 2.0 and Carving Out Time to Write
It’s been school holidays for the past couple of weeks, and up until the last couple of days, the weather has been cold, wet and gloomy—and perfect for writing! I took the opportunity to immerse myself in an unscheduled home writing retreat, during...
TAG Hungerford Award—Post Script
Last Thursday, after an agonising three-and-a-half month wait, the winner of the 2014 City of Fremantle-TAG Hungerford Award was announced at Fremantle Arts Centre. The winner was ‘Troppo’, by Madelaine Dickie, which will be...
Shortlisted for 2014 TAG Hungerford Award
I’m finally allowed to tell everyone that my novel, ‘Ida’s Children’, has been shortlisted for the 2014 City of Fremantle-TAG Hungerford Award. This is the nicest present I’ve ever been given, and a wonderful...
The Final Countdown
Hopefully, I’m on the downhill run with this novel. I’ve finished the latest draft, draft #12 at least (but who’s counting?), and I feel as if it’s ready to send out to agents and publishers. Please note, I also felt...