What are your plans for 2021? Did you know: the story you tell yourself about 2020 can determine your choices? Any new year is a time for reflection. This year more than most. With all the loss, trauma, and stress 2020 has brought us, many people are saying they can’t…
Yesterday I was lucky enough to be invited to give an author talk at my local Glen Street Theatre in a ‘showcase’ organised by my local library. Out of the house. An actual audience. Full of book fans! Thank you, Northern Beaches Libraries!! I was honoured to be on stage…
It’s a brave time to be publishing books with Covid-19 uncertainties rife all around the world. So I wanted to give a special shout out to some of the amazing Australian authors who I’ve helped published in 2020 – either with a book layout, an edit, mentoring, or all of…
Time often spontaneously speeds up or slows down depending on what we’re doing and where we are… Do What? Last week, I fell over. I’m too old to fall over! But as I was jogging down the street on my morning run, I tripped on a raised section of pavement,…
Launch: ‘Portrait’ Yay! The ‘Portrait’ anthology has been launched! Created from the 2020 ‘Art & Words Project’ – a collaboration between myself, the Northern Beaches Libraries and Manly Art Gallery & Museum – it features 12 writers and poets, and 12 artists, in a themed collaboration devised and edited by…
It’s the first day of spring in Australia today, so what better time to launch my brand new on-demand writing and book creation courses! It’s been a long time in the making: inspiring writers and teaching them about their craft since 1991, working in the publishing industry since 1996, leading…
Every month I donate time to helping others further behind me in their writing journeys. Most recently this has involved judging the Mosman Youth Awards in Literature, for which I not only read the entries and selected the winners, but also offered a detailed judge’s report. This year the award…
