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Category Archives: Tools
The Tools That Save My Life
I’m a busy person. I only manage to get everything done because of some very handy tools, and I thought I’d do a post to share those tools with you. Technology could easily get in the way – between Twitter and … Continue reading
She Works Hard for the Money (But There’s So Much More)
Something that’s come up multiple times across the Emerging Writers’ Festival is the idea that we shouldn’t be so focused on money, and I’ve really appreciated that people are raising this point. I think it’s really important. While there’s definitely … Continue reading
Putting Things Into Perspective
I’m currently working on a scrapbook for my Concept Development class, where I’m looking at the research I’ve done for my book. It’s not the most imaginative idea, but I’m having a lot of fun making this thing. I have … Continue reading
Back to Exercising
I’ve let the ball drop on my one-exercise-per-day goal that I set a few months ago. I’d decided I was going to do a different writing exercise every day, and when I hit on something worth keeping, I’d work that … Continue reading
Flexing the Writing Muscles
It’s been a week since I made my recent writing goals, and that means I’ve done a week’s worth of writing exercises. A lot of people have shown interest in what I’ve been doing… So here’s a list of the … Continue reading
A Perfect Day
Yeah, the sky’s blessedly blue outside for the first time in forever, but that’s not what I’m talking about. It’s the end of the holidays for me – I’ve found them to be long, but productive. It’s only taken me … Continue reading
Posted in musings, Rant, Tools, Writers, Writing Practice
Tagged bel woods, blogging, clive james, essay, goodreads, google reader, holidays, making money, page seventeen, peter porter, routine, tiny epics, uni, wip, writing
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Goals: Making Them, Kicking Them, Putting Them Out in Public
In the spirit of oversharing, which I’m very fond of (and fond of the internet for), I’m posting some of my latest writing goals here so that you can all keep me accountable if I try to let them slide … Continue reading
Posted in getting published, Inspiration, musings, News, Rant, reading, Tools, Writing Practice
Tagged competition, essay, exercise, goals, reading, writing
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Marketing, Expanding, Not Spamming Friends
I’ve just started a Facebook fan page for this here blog. I’ve been giving a lot of thought to how to expand my readership, and whether that’s something that’s important to me (answer: “No, not really, I’d rather have loyal … Continue reading
National Young Writers’ Month
Express Media, that amazing bunch of enthusiastic helpful people behind Voiceworks, are gearing up for National Young Writers’ Month. During the month of June, there will be heaps of events, as well as web-based discussions and exercises to help get the … Continue reading
Versioning
I just came across this post by Cid Tyer about “versioning”. I like her system – my own way of doing it is incredibly disorganized and can do with a jazz-up of Cid’s description. Versioning is one of those tricky … Continue reading
