top of page
Pushing through
The writing process is a lot like a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon as a butterfly. Your manuscript might not be so spectacular on...
May 31, 20243 min read
April writing check-in
This year is rumbling along faster than my writer-self likes. Already a third of the way through 2024, it’s time to be accountable for...
Apr 26, 20242 min read
Peeking out from behind my writing…
Lights, camera, action! Or should I say make-up, hair, outfits? I’m still buzzing from a photo shoot. My first one ever! The background ...
Mar 24, 20242 min read
Confessions of a Podcast junkie
Books ~ Writing Craft ~ Writing Tips ~ Motivation ~ Inspiration I’m a podcast junkie. Especially with ones which lift my spirits, inspire...
Feb 9, 20241 min read
Pressing restart
Hello again! It’s been three years since I stepped away from this blog. It wasn’t intended to be a complete or even a long break. In...
Jan 20, 20242 min read
A Year of Possibilities
New Year’s resolution: ‘No goals. Just be.’ I’m stepping away from this blog. I may dip in and out from time to time, but unlike this...
Jan 10, 20201 min read
My NaNoWriMo Experience
I’m still catching my breath. It’s been a month of mad scribbling. November was National Novel Writing Month and it’s been a goal of mine...
Dec 16, 20191 min read
Organising my words
I’m in the middle of a Scrivener trial. Day sixteen. I love writing in Word but after years of listening to anecdotes about software to...
Oct 27, 20192 min read
A writer’s dream weekend
Wow! What an amazing weekend at the Romance Writers Australia (RWA) 2019 Conference. I got to hang out with hundreds of writers, ranging...
Aug 14, 20191 min read
The elephant in my blog space
When I began this blog the intention was to focus on my writing journey. However, when there are huge gaping spaces between blog posts...
Jul 30, 20191 min read
Book in a Week
I did a BIAW. A 'book in a week' challenge, inspired or modelled on NaNoWriMo which is held every November (this has to be on every...
Jun 11, 20191 min read
A Dirty Draft
A dirty draft is a ‘thing’. Apparently, I’m the last to find out. I’ve started writing a new story and naturally, took my first...
Apr 5, 20191 min read
Fiction vs Self-improvement (or The Deckchair Divide)
The holiday poolside reading scene has apparently evolved in my absence. Paperbacks and magazines have been replaced by kindles and...
Feb 2, 20192 min read
The Space Between
The space between is muted. The quiet rocked by a brittle ache. The first sign, if any before the vice squeezes, crushing creativity....
May 19, 20181 min read
Wanted: One Cafe for Writing
I no longer have a writing ‘office’. Déjà vu you’re thinking. Yes, I’ve been here and blogged about it before. But this time I thought...
Apr 11, 20181 min read
Writers Retreat for One
I’m on a writers retreat for one – me. The planning involved was minimal. The ‘retreat’ (a motel room) needed to tick three boxes: A...
Mar 4, 20182 min read
... therein.
I received an email today from a colleague. Nothing odd about it until I reached the final sentence and his last word… therein. My head...
Jan 19, 20171 min read
A tornado and a lantern party
These past few weeks the choice to write was taken away from me. Migraines, never lurking far, gripped me in their gnarly claws and set...
Sep 18, 20161 min read
bottom of page