A flying in-and-out post today, but I really wanted to bring attention to a fantastic event that I will be a part of very soon – the Eltham Festival of Stories. For the cost of a gold coin donation which will go to the Indigenous Literacy Foundation, there is an entire day of programming and…
Read / September 26th, 2017
When I was perusing the bookshop at last month’s Melbourne Writers Festival, I was excited to see The Last Days of Jeanne d’Arc by Ali Alizadeh on the shelf. I admire his poetry – ‘Marco Polo‘ is one of my favourite poems – and was curious to explore his prose, which I hadn’t read, while learning more about…
This week’s Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity tip sneak peek is about creating your own opportunities. I do a walk-through of setting up a media kit in Canva. Enjoy! Ordering details: Booktopia – http://bit.ly/BooktopiaTrust Readings – http://bit.ly/ReadingsTtP Karen’s site – here Amazon – coming soon!
In the month (eek!) leading up to the release of Trust the Process: 101 Tips on Writing and Creativity I will be doing/posting quick videos covering a particular tip. The aim is to do one per week – I hope you hold me to that! The video is embedded below – I will aim…
Enrol here. It’s September! Spring is here! New life (and hay fever) is on the verge of sprouting and it’s time to talk about one of my favourite spring activities – My Creative Process. New to the blog? Never fear. Here are the basics: My Creative Process is delivered online over a four week period. Lessons will be…
Let’s start with the terrific Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls by Elena Favilli, given to Keira for her 13th birthday and what a gift to take into those teenage years. I borrowed it and read it cover to cover, discovering extraordinary stories of legendary women I’m sad I didn’t know about until now – names…
The Melbourne Writers Festival is almost set to start and if you’ve seen the program you’ll know it’s a cracker. Gorgeous accompanying visuals too, as you can see above (very insta-friendly – clever, clever work). I’ve managed to whittle a shortlist of events – the blurbs are taken from the MWF website. The last two…
Friends, I’ll be honest. I’m tired after a couple of 12-and-13 hour days of writing in a row. I was going to give myself the morning off before rolling up my sleeves and getting back to work but I can’t let today’s anniversary pass without mentioning it. So happy 11th birthday, dear blog. Here are…
A little over a week ago I was announced local division winner of the 2017 Alan Marshall Short Story Award. At the same ceremony, I also received a local highly commended in the 2017 Nillumbik Ekphrasis Poetry Award. I’ve been in two minds whether to write about the occasion for a few reasons, mostly…
