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Deep Dive: On (novel) problems & finding solutions
I’m deep in the problems and working-out phase of a new novel. I’m plotting and getting words down and deleting them and moving things about. This isn’t…
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On remembering
Life got in the way this week, so I’m writing to you later than usual, on ANZAC day. For a long time I had complicated feelings about this day, and I…
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Deep Dive: On disappointment
I’ve missed the unfiltered vulnerability of speaking to my friend and co-host Katherine Collette on the podcast (side note: you can listen back or…
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Deep Dive: On disappointment
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Deep Dive: nourishing creative habits
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Ten things I learned about book tours
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Three months to go...
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Deep Dive: Talking the Talk
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How long it takes to grow
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Back from Dibrugargh
On connection, language, politics & fairy lights in marigolds
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Deep Dive: Talking the Talk
How to talk about your creative project with confidence
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Chaos & clarity
The tide has been out this last couple of weeks. I’ve been stuck in a life admin loop with lots going on at home in my family that has required many…
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Deep Dive: nourishing creative habits
On setting up, sustaining and nurturing habits to help your creative practice thrive
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Tidal
On a word for the new year
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How long it takes to grow
We bought our little house in the trees fifteen years ago. Our (small) dream was to build a big deck and grow a grapevine that would flourish all over…
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Ten things I learned about book tours
So, this post is pretty niche. I reckon it’ll mostly appeal to those of you who are writers and planning on doing a book tour in the near future…
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