writing

Yesterday marked the first day of unemployment for yours truly. Well, not exactly. Technically, I’m on annual leave for a couple of weeks and then my contract officially ends. I’ll be paid out some long service leave and then officially, I’m…

February was a rollercoaster month of emotions.  For starters, I missed out on a self-publishing course by a few minutes and I had an actual meltdown. I received feedback from my beta readers. It was a daunting experience. I couldn’t…

For all my fellow writers out there, struggling to get through your current work in progress, I see you and I feel you. This shit is tough. For me, it’s mostly tough because I get in my own God damn…

Do you love yourself an addictive contemporary romance? Because same. I don’t know why it’s taken me a pandemic to get on board with the Ten Tiny Breaths series, but I’m not mad about it (I mean, I’m not mad…

While the world continues to spew out things for people to be outraged about (e.g. global warming, coronavirus, Donald Trump’s lack of impeachment *shocker*), I have been more or less distracted by attempting to write a fucking novel. Why did…

Holy crap, I’ve hit several roadblocks with my writing lately. Even though I’ve done a shitload of preparation to still hit my 40,000 word count by the end of December – Christmas and all its shenanigans are dangerously close to…

Writing a book is so effing hard. Seriously. The enormity and frequency of emotions I am feeling as I travel on this journey is way more erratic than I could have imagined. I’ve wanted to write a book or pen…

H As someone who often thinks about their mental health (and who also adores both Osher Gunsberg and Rosie Waterland) I found a recent podcast of them together, comforting. Heroic Self Care with Rosie Waterland is a conversation about all…

I went to the Brisbane Writers Festival this past weekend. As someone who experiences anxiety with seemingly uneventful tasks, this was a big deal for me. I drove into Brisbane, paid over-the-odds for parking, managed to find the correct auditoriums…

Since settling back into life after a month of European adventures, a few things have become glaringly obvious. Travel is the best thing I can do for my soul. My post-holiday glow always eventually wears off, but if I play…