Finding happiness in chair covers

Sep 12, 2017 | My Stories

Last week one of my friends called. “Um, can I suggest something about your writing?” “Sure,” I say. “I’m not precious about my writing, You can say anything.” Well I may be a little sensitive about it but I also want to hear...

Getting Bruced and Bobbed in the Turreted Money Pit

Sep 8, 2017 | My Stories

The funny thing about writing a post about not writing every day is that I woke up this morning filled with new ideas and an urge to write. Something must have clicked in my brain overnight while I slept under the duvet and bedspread on my mattress on the floor. But...

I don’t write every day: Writing on the other side of the world

Sep 7, 2017 | My Stories

There comes a point where we just have to write. Sit or stand, computer or pen, but write. Even if we don’t know where to start. Even if we haven’t updated our website since May and we can’t find the password or remember the last pieces we wrote....

Curating our creative lives and attitudes

May 26, 2017 | My Stories

I met up with singer songwriter Francesca de Valence this morning so I could record her for the Walking With Writers podcast. Before with green tea and coffee, during our walk along the Brisbane River, and after over an early lunch we discussed the artistic life and...

Tips for writing through chaos: Your writing buddy is your muse

May 5, 2017 | My Stories

Since I’ve been in selling-moving-and-hit-the-road mode, I’ve not been writing very much and I haven’t been keeping in touch with my writing buddies. Lately I’ve been wondering why I feel so isolated, claustrophobic, directionless and lacking...

Tips for writing through the chaos of life

Apr 28, 2017 | My Stories

Getting our much loved home ready to sell may not have many advantages but I have found a few. And some, like decluttering and my portable writing box, are helping me manage my writing life amid chaos. First, I had no idea that decluttering was such good exercise....