Here we go again

by | Aug 15, 2015 | 0 comments

I have a large envelope sitting on my desk, waiting for me to write the address on it and put it in the post. It contains a manuscript, letter to the publisher and a page of synopsis and “marketting plan”. (I put the last thing in brackets because I...

Lighten up!

by | Aug 7, 2015 | 2 comments

My apologies for not writing a blog last week; I’m sure you were all devastated. Last week, the Old Boy, the Wonder Dog and I went to the coast for a little holiday. (May I just say that, unless you have a divine view of the ocean -which we didn’t –...

Work that Workshop

by | Jul 25, 2015 | 2 comments

This afternoon I’m taking a workshop at a “Festival of Words”. I’ve only had a few days to prepare for it (3 and a half to be precise – Thursday was already taken with something else) because I’m a “fill-in”. My friend...

I’m grateful

by | Jul 11, 2015 | 2 comments

Today, I am grateful I have a nice home with a functioning heater and a warm quilt on my bed. Outside the house the sky is grey, the air is chilly, the wind is gusty and we’ve already had rain all night and now a dash of hail this morning. (For those who are...

Farewell Phil Walsh

by | Jul 4, 2015 | 4 comments

I was going to write about something happy, and maybe even a little inspiring, today but then yesterday happened. Yesterday, like everyone else in my state and, indeed, in most parts of Australia, I woke up to the news that Phil Walsh, the coach of my AFL (Australian...