Friday was the final day of my #miscpoetry project when the last poem was posted to Instagram and Facebook. In case you’re not aware of what the project was, it project began back mid-July as a way of injecting some creativity into not only my writing processes, but the way I use social media. I wanted…
Sunday is not for rushing. Minecraft totems, protectors against the night, are cast aside; the blinds are up, and comics are for reading. I crawl into his bed for cuddles – finding contentment in the dankness of morning breath and a wet kiss left on my cheek. You’re doing #nanowrimoprompt, right?
The driveway was full of dressed up children, with faces white and bloodied. Some, barely old enough to walk, tottered around with their plastic pumpkins, reaching out to the shuddering skeletons in their cages and recoiling as soon as they got too close. Parents wandered around, holding up their iPhones, smiling and talking among themselves. We…
It’s that time of the year again. Writers are getting ready to sit down at their computers to smash out a novel, or as close to a novel as possible, over the 30 days of November. I’ve tried, and failed, NaNoWriMo many times. However, my success rate is better when I relax a bit and experiment…
To explain: The Year of Creative Engagement (#yoce) is an attempt to document my creative journey in 2014. By putting greater stock in accountability and output, while also showing what new work I’m reading or listening to, I hope to have a richer, engaged experience. There’s a few movies to go over so I’ll get started. …
October is release month for The Mapmaker Chronicles: Race to the End of the World, the first book in The Mapmaker Chronicle series, written by A.L. Tait. The adventure series is terrific for children ages 9+ and is available for purchase at Booktopia and other bookshops around the nation. Allison found the time to answer some…
This post was inspired by a book review I read in The Australian about the release of Poems That Make Grown Men Cry. I haven’t read it yet (I’m fourth in the hold line at the local library on a lone copy), and while I am waiting I’ve been pondering what poems I’d include in…
For today’s installment of ‘The Creative life’ I wanted to talk explore a mother/daughter relationship and how that contributes creativity and accomplishment and immediately thought of Veronica and Kim Foale. I’ve known both ladies for many years now and both bring strength and conviction to whatever project they’re working on. Veronica Foale To…
The ‘blog to book’ transition has become normalised enough that it forms the basis of many conference or festival panels around the country, featuring successful writers who went their own way or who caught the attention from publishers with their blogging activities. One of these writers is Lorelei Vashti. Her blog ‘Dress, memory’ (dressmemory.com) was…
