Gaining momentum
Discover how an unexpected writing prize led to valuable insights about separating art from self-worth, plus details about the Writing Momentum course for aspiring authors.
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Represented by High Spot Literary Agency
I’m thrilled to announce that I have signed up with High Spot Literary who are representing me for my historical fiction Un|Common Thread.
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Unpublished manuscript longlisted
“Our judging panel reviewed the submissions blind against five selection criteria of originality and creativity, plot and storytelling, character development, setting and atmosphere, dialogue and voice, and emotional impact …
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‘Shaping the Fractured Self’ reviewed in Southerly Journal
It is wonderful to see Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain continue to have meaning for so many. This anthology, which was published last year, includes poems and essays written by a number of Australian writers who struggle with some form of chronic pain and/or illness.
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And that’s a wrap
This year is about to end and in some ways I feel like it has only just begun. So much has been packed into the year and time has slipped away. It’s really easy to only focus on the things that haven’t been completed and the things that went wrong, but I need to also remember all the things that went right.
‘Shaping the Fractured Self’ publication and reading
My migraines spiralled out of control with a long six month period of daily (nightly) migraines that robbed me of sleep (and sanity). his Thursday, along with some other writers, I will be reading at the DAX Centre for the launch of Shaping the Fractured Self: Poetry of Chronic Illness and Pain. I am chuffed to have three poems and an essay included alongside some wonderful writers*.
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Writing, Writing winsOn small wins and finding energy
You know the scenario. Life gets busy, real busy. You open your computer only to realise that there are over 300 unread emails, bills to pay, workshops to prepare for, short stories to edit, manuscripts to work on, manuscripts to edit. So you shut it. Then you worry that maybe you are not a writer after all, which stops you from opening the computer other than to deal with the basic administration for the family.
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In print
My story ‘Eggshells’ is in the Hunter Writers Centre Grieve Anthology. It is about that difficult time after Mum died
Persistence pays off
Persistence pays off. And rejection is good. It makes our writing stronger.
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