A little while ago I was having a writing related conversation with someone. After discussing a new project they asked ‘and what else have you been doing? Besides writing, of course?’ Sounds simple enough, but this question made me panic. Because I couldn’t think of anything. Slush reading, I could have said, but I don’t …
Category: life rambling
Jan 23
Holidays don’t last long enough, do they?
Well, we’re back from our far-too-brief holiday down the south coast. I’m in moping mode. Returning to the city always depresses me. We stayed in a lovely house close to the coast a good five hours south of Sydney. It was beautiful and peaceful and we had ourselves a lovely time. Gully the dog joined …
Jan 16
Tales that certainly feel long ago
Reading one of Graham‘s recent posts started me thinking about writing stories. Not the act of writing, I mean stories about writing. I have never almost stopped writing, so I don’t have one of those stories to tell. But I can clearly place the moment I realised I wanted to write. And not only write, …
Dec 08
A little gem of wisdom
This is it, people. Revelation time. Guess what? Writing is hard. That’s right. Hard. It’s hard to sit at a computer when everyone else is taking the day off. It’s hard to look at a plot point or a sentence or a paragraph you love so much and concede it has to go. It’s hard …
Nov 29
Procrastinating…
Tonight I appear to be procrastinating by doing stomach crunches and push-ups while listening to Black Sabbath. Yeah, I’d also like to know who I am and what I’ve done with me… Anyone got any less energetic procrastinating tools they can recommend?
