The blog
A goal
Why are colds so debilitating? Got up this morning with a slight tickle in my throat, went to work, three hours later was back home and in bed. Blurg. Feeling like death warmed up. But obviously my absence from the office was inconsequential because I got a message...
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New thing
Well this is exciting - on Monday I am starting at Launceston Church Grammar School as Marketing and Events Officer, two days a week. Hurrah! Regular money! Working with nice people! And I still get to do my freelance and volunteering stuff, but it won't feel quite as...
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Retreat!
I dropped Karen off at the airport this morning, bringing to a close our inaugural writing retreat. I say inaugural - although we didn't discuss doing it again, I reckon we should! As I mentioned in my last post, we chatted each day about what we'd achieved and...
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Things that are now out of date in the manuscript I wrote 15 years ago
Our writing retreat is on day three! We're having a rather good time, although I must say I have to fight off the urge to procrastinate/sleep, but what else is new? If you'd like to hear us chat about what we're working on and our creative processes and influences and...
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Make joy instead
Further to my last post, I keep thinking about why I struggle with the idea of achieving something, or 'making it' in a creative field. I guess it's two hallmarks of my generation: firstly, that fame is the chief and desirable marker of success, and secondly, being...
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Creative surge
It's funny looking back on the directions one's life might have taken. Sliding doors moments, I guess (I think I have said before how much I hated that movie but the idea is still an interesting one). What if...I had chosen art instead of music at high school (where...
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