Teena Raffa-Mulligan: A Writing Life
Teena Raffa-Mulligan has stepped into the attic today and gives us another beautiful essay in this series. The honesty and simplicity with which she tells the story of what writing has meant to her will move you. Teena is a reader, writer...
Gulara Vincent: Writing For Healing and Self-Discovery
Despite all the downsides to the internet—its time-sucking capacity being one of them—it has made life easier—it’s easier to shop, to find information, and it’s easier to make friends. (Brilliant segue coming up –>) One of these friends is Gulara...
Gill Kenny: A Letter To My Younger Self
Today, my dear friend, fellow dog-lover, and aspiring writer, Gill Kenny joins me in the attic. She’s written a beautiful and moving letter to her 22-year-old self. Gill left Ireland at the age of 18, to learn French while working as an...
Michele Nugent: What It Means To Be A Writer—A Listicle
Never let it be said that things get boring up here in the attic! This week, I have a light-hearted listicle on what it really means to be a writer, written by my guest, Michele Nugent. Michele is a former newspaper editor and journalist with 30...
Tabetha Rogers-Beggs: A Writing Whirlwind
This week’s guest in the attic is my busy writerly friend, Tabetha Rogers Beggs. Tabetha is mix of all things creative; performer, playwright, writer and philosopher. She is the Chairwoman of the historic Katharine Susannah Prichard (KSP)...
Joyce Mathers: Writing For Weddings
I’m so proud to introduce today’s guest in the attic—Joyce Mathers. Joyce grew up in the northeast of Scotland and after falling in love with Australia while on holiday, returned here to live in 1990. She’s owned many...
Shannon Meyerkort: Wearing Many Hats
This week, local writer, Shannon Meyerkort, joins me in the attic. Shannon is a writer and blogger based in Perth, where she lives with her husband and three daughters. She has been published in various magazines, both print and online, has had short stories...
Nadia L. King: Are My Boobs Guilty
This week’s post is a little different, but something I think all women of a certain age will relate to, so keep reading … Nadia L. King was born in Dublin, Ireland, in the 1970s. Her first book “Jenna’s Truth” will be published this...
Elisabeth Hanscombe: Being a Writer and a Psychologist
Today, a good friend of mine, Elisabeth Hanscombe, steps into the attic to write about what writing means to her and the difficulties of squeezing it in around a heavy working schedule. I met Elisabeth through blogging, in particular through a...
Maureen Helen: On the Edge of Eighty
Every week when I introduce the next writer in the attic, I say how excited I am to welcome them as my guest. It’s probably starting to sound as if I’m just saying it because I must, but it’s true. Every week I...