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Ideas from nowhere
As you can see, my whiteboards are beginning to fill up with ideas, character descriptions and a few other things.
Two at a time...
Last week, I wrote about needing to write two books at a time to make my deadlines. I was getting involved with NaNoWriMo to help do this.
Naming my characters
Well, it's November, and November can be an important month in writer-world. November means NaNoWriMo. What does that mean, you might ask?
Deception Creek and new projects
Tuesday is the D-Day. Deception Creek Publication day.
Ugh. I'm nervous. I always get nervous when a book comes out - you'd think it would get easier, but it doesn't. I have a need for you readers to like my characters, like my story and basically like everything about the book!
The reality of glyphosate - otherwise known as Roundup
I watched with annoyance the ABC’s 4 Corners report on glyphosate and its ‘carcinogenic causing’ qualities, then with amusement when the 7.30 report started its series on Australia: how big is too big?
The senselessness of sabotage — berry tough times
There is a Facebook photo with a picture of a strawberry saying: ‘Cut ‘em up, don’t throw ‘em out. Please continue to support Aussie Farmers through berry tough times.’ What a great campaign created through horrible circumstances.
What a difference a year makes. So much change.
What a difference a year makes. This time in 2015, my daughter and I were hanging out in Melbs waiting for the last concert in the Taylor Swift 1989 World Tour. Do you know it feels like a lifetime ago, yet I can remember everything so clearly.
This is how I roll and generally get about ...
The last couple of days have included a few strange ways of getting around the place! Normally I drive a very nice Nissan Patrol Wagon - very comfortable, fuel-efficient, and very 'normal'.
Fireworks clouds, wildflowers and kids leaving home...
Don't these clouds look like fireworks gone wrong? Actually, I can't say that, because in all the fireworks I've seen, I wouldn't have a clue if they'd gone wrong or not! Anyhow, when I looked up at these, that was the first thing I thought of.