Maybe this should really be titled things I secretly collect, although I am sure I am not the only writer! What secret thing do you collect?
Writing
Retreating…
My next writing retreat is later this week! I am very excited. I have my writing goals for the retreat sorted and can’t wait to get stuck in. This retreat is a little different as it’s somewhere I haven’t retreated to before – my parents’ house. In serendipitous timing they are going to be away…
From the Archives: Adjectives go like this…
A recent conversation with some dear writing friends reminded me of this article I wrote back in 2018 Did you know that adjectives have to go in a specific order in the English language or they just sound plain weird? In 2016 a paragraph from a book “The Elements of Eloquence” by Mark Forsyth went…
The psychology of a best seller
Jennifer Lynn Barnes, PhD, psychologist and author of The Inheritance Games was interviewed on a podcast (which you can read or listen to here) on how to use psychology to write a best seller. I found it a fascinating read – and even more so when I learnt that Jennifer had a number off books…
In-flight; the long way home
When this posts, I will be somewhere between Darwin and Canberra, on my way home from the annual RWA conference. I don’t think people realise how big Australia is (including some Aussies). To get home I need to take two flights. The first leg is Darwin to Sydney, the second a short jump to Canberra,…