As I’ve been saying over this past week, we’re having a big clean-up. The other day I came across our old VHS collection hidden at the back of the cupboard. So the question is: do we chuck these out or keep them? I personally don’t like buying DVD replacements when there’s a perfectly functional video lying…
Stupid I’d say it is surprising a girl like me can clean a chook unbog a truck fight a fire lay out the dead make the bread deliver babies write a poem move a man to tears rear the kids and keep on acting stupid Kate Llewellyn The first book launch I ever…
I did the math the other night and worked out that with the exception of my childhood home, we’ve lived in this house for longer than any other I’ve ever lived in. You’d think that six-plus years would tie you to a place more than it has, and two/four/six months ago I would’ve agreed with…
I have, at last count, at least ten such notebooks like you see above. They all date from various years of my life. The smaller one at the top is (one) of the notebooks I wrote my second fantasy novel in in longhand. Yes, the coffee cup stain tells you about my working habits. The one…
Keira has taken to ‘writing’ in a Word document I’ve specifically created for her; although her ‘writing’ more resembles the creations my old cat used to make whenever she used to walk across the keyboard. I always ask her: “What are you writing?” She answers: “I won’t know until I’m finished.” Which is exactly what…
Adam and I are currently considering buying a new house (partly for this reason; partly for others) and we’re looking at one just around the corner. However, the bedrooms are on different levels. For example, the main bedroom is downstairs (or so they tell us – we thought it was upstairs originally) and the secondary…
I wrote this some three months ago and it has languished – somewhat deservedly – in my drafts pile. However as I’m a bit busy this week I’m going to post it anyway as a reminder of the summer Melbourne has (NOT!) really had. ****** What’s the best way to describe C-H-A-L-L-E-N-G-E? How’s about when it’s…
Read / February 25th, 2008
The most important part of a book is the words, right? Well that’s not precisely true when it comes to children’s picture books. The words and pictures are at least equal to each other in importance. Surprise! will be published after it’s gone through eleven drafts. I thought it was ‘done’ at five, but I was…
Keira, to a waitress while we’re ordering in a cafe: “I’ll have a babycinno in a mug, please.”
