Touchstone: a continual source of writing inspiration

Today I’m over on Leife Shallcross’s blog talking about my writing touchstone – the one thing that has inspired and will always inspire me to write. I reveal how I first found that source of inspiration and where, why the experience resonated so strongly with me, how my touchstone reflects…

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Setting Stories Free! #WritingTips

February in Australia means the start of a new school year, and new opportunities to learn. For me it also means new opportunities to teach! Here are some of the courses I’m teaching this term: The Year Your Book Gets Written Creative Writing Essentials Story Structure Introduction to Creative Writing…

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The Busy But Fulfilling Side to Author Life. #InspiringKids #MYAL

What a busy but fulfilling month! I’ve judged three short story competitions, attended one festival, two presentation ceremonies, featured in one local newspaper and one local magazine, agreed to one free writing workshop for kids, and have signed a book deal! Wow! Wanna see some photos? Last Wednesday I presented…

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What is a Writing Retreat? Culture Shock!

A lot of writers struggle to find the time to actually write. Among other things, we have family commitments, paid work, sleep and shiny things on the internet to juggle before any writing gets done. So I couldn’t wait for this weekend – an entire weekend of writing on a…

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