I've always been a hoarder of books. I love holding them in my hands, I love the smell of the pages, I love the sight of a well-organised bookshelf...
Month: September 2016
I admit it. I'm an over-writer. I write my way into scenes and all the way back out of them, I write whole chapters that don't need to be there. My first drafts are ridiculously long. I know this because I throw away more words than I end up with. My first edit starts with … Continue reading Does Size Really Matter?
Besides being one of my favourite songs by The Cure, Birdmad Girl is something I consider myself to be. Specifically, I'm mad about galahs....
I like to have music playing when I'm writing. Usually I put on a playlist of my latest faves, but sometimes an album comes along that is the perfect soundtrack...
Being a magazine editor, I don't get as much time to devote to writing articles as I'd like, so I love it when I manage to fit one into my schedule. Recently, Marie Morgan welcomed me into her home for Adelaide Hills magazine...
We’ve all had ‘helpful’ advice about becoming a writer like, ‘Just write’, ‘If it’s important to you, you’ll make time,’ or even ‘Inspiration shows up when you’re working’. I put helpful in quotations because, when you’re staring at a blank page, they’re no help at all...
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