For a number of years now I’ve worked out the best way for me to write is in short bursts. I used to try and do 45 minutes BIC (bum in chair) then 15 minutes away from writing – preferably out of the chair. As there is always housework to be done I’d often do…
Am Writing
Writing Retreat
Last Thursday I flew south and met up with two friends, authors Leisl Leighton and Marnie St Clair, for a 4-day writing retreat (although it was only two and a half of actual writing thanks to travel). We stayed in a holiday house on the Mornington Peninsula, just a short walk to the beach. Here’s…
I love to write
I started writing in my teens. But writing books isn’t a career (at least, I was never told it could be). So throughout the years I only wrote as a hobby. Then in 2008 my personal hero gave me a membership to Romance Writers of Australia. And he’s probably regretted it ever since *grin*. In…
New story
A new year and a new story. It’s always fun to start something new, but this story in particular is really exciting because I’ve had this idea percolating for over 5 years. I’m not too far into it, because I’m a plotter, so I’ve spent some time over the last 10 days making notes and…
Juggling life…
Anyone with a better idea, please let me know! Another brilliant comic from Debbie Ridpath Ohi.