Creativity, Play and Rest
Meg’s musings on finishing a draft of a manuscript, learning to play (again) and rest.
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How to go on while Australia burns
Today is cool in Melbourne. I woke to the strange sound of rain on the tin roof; it is easy to forget that there are so many fires still burning
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A 2018 wrap, and 2019
I’m late to the party with this, but here it is (finally)… The year that was Last year was a blur of juggling too many things, and managing chronic pain.
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Writing retreats and NaNoWriMo
At the end of October, I decided to do my fifth NaNoWriMo as a way to finish this draft of my manuscript. Each night I take a moment to think
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Dealing with critical voices
One thing I love to do is to catch up with other writers and chat with them about their process, any hurdles and how they see their way forward. Recently I caught up with a friend who has taken on a mammoth job of writing his memoir. It’s a tough task as there can be loads of emotional baggage in there, as well as the invisible but powerful critical voice.
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Post-study reflections
It’s an incredible time for me right now that feels like a beginning, more than an ending. I’ve just submitted my final piece of assessment of my Associate Degree in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT. I should feel relieved, excited. I do, but there is a sense of sadness, and a great deal of reflection. There is also a nervous excitement about the time ahead of me, the unknown.
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Creative Practice, From My Notebook
Freezing up
My friend Nicky Heaney who writes at Mary Beton’s Rooms wrote a great thought-provoking piece about freezing up, and learning how to free the creative part of our brain. It
Fighting the green eyed monster
My life has been some crazy out of control beast for the last year or so. Things have flown at me that I have had no control over, so I
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Going Solo
Life has been a little crazy for me over the last twelve months with my mum’s diagnosis of cancer followed closely by her death, and then one of my kids