Many lovely things happened to The Dangerous Bride recently, too many to list here, which is surprising as the book has been out for more than a year now, but it seems to have quite a long life… My most …
The writer laid bare
Writing from the Body
When famous writers decide to get grumpy with their fans, one of their popular complaints is being asked supposedly ridiculous questions, such as whether they write with a pen or a pencil, or nowadays – a keyboard. The last time …
A Guest Post from SJ Finn. Your unfinished work: to keep or not to keep?
When we put a manuscript away, in that mythical drawer, we don’t always expect to get it out again. Indeed, it can be a big decision when to let an unfinished draft rest, when to work on it, or even …
WHAT IS WRITING? (MEDITATION AND SPECULATION.)
Fingers. Their performance on the keyboard, pianist-like; this private recital. Their pulsing sensations and rhythms are supposedly at our mind’s service, but really – feeding it, stamping their music onto our vocabulary and imagination. They labour hard. Sometimes they …
When you write a memoir, the usual angst involved in artistic creation is usually amplified by the ever-escalating anxiety around many ethical issues involved in writing about real events. I’ll be discussing this side of memoir writing, but also …
Many great recommendations for holiday reading in this article in The Age and I was really moved to find my book here too, even though it’s been more than a year now since its publication… You can read this here: …