Category: Writing tips
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Lane Cove Literary Awards 2021
Impatience, my husband tells me, is one of my worst faults. Unfortunately for him, I’ve had to wait close to a month to share the news that I won First Prize in the Lane Cove Literary Award for memoir. Hearing of the news was cliche. Yes, I went weak at the knees, my head swam, […]
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It’s close!
It has been a while since I posted on this blog. I have been busy – flying to and from New York City to be with my husband, who was working over there: Relocating to Mudgee where we (literally) built a cabin in the woods and: Writing three books; a picture book — ‘Silly Nan’; […]
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17th August, 2017
Hello to all those fellow suffers of the writing bug. As I plod along with my writing I am pleased to say I have started my second 80,000 word project which is a rural romantic suspense, now named Wellworth. My protagonist is part indigenous, as I wanted to explore covert racism and also to support […]
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29th April, 2017
It’s been three months and I’m pleased to say I am on the second edit of Living in London. However, I’m not saying it’s been easy. The first edit involved cutting 20,000 words and starting the story closer to the middle, however, by the second edit i am back to 79,000 words and now including thoughts for […]