Mothering, Writing, Pilating, Guilt
I finished my short story! It feels like a big achievement, the first thing finished of the year. This is going to be my year of finishing things, and rewriting things, and submitting things. Many...
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Get my daughter to school, while my partner gets the toddler (she is dressed as Batman) to daycare. Brief (BRIEF) coffee with mums from school. Work like the clappers until 2:30, including editing,...
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Happy Alice
We have survived Jemima’s birthday! I wanted to do something special for her because she missed out on a party last year, as the whole family was sick, and ever since January when half the people she...
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If I Reach Out With My Fingertips, I Can Touch the Holidays.
I can tell it’s nearly the end of Term 2 because we’ve been hit by illness after illness, mostly surrounding the kids, though of course the parents tend to get smacked with versions of the same...
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Glueing with Peanut Butter
I have been working on my novel edits, honestly, even if they have brought along with them the most titanic attempts of procrastination than I have ever experienced before. My favourite clanger that I...
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Too Many Pirate Captains
A friend of mine likes to point out to her children when they are having idyllic childhoods. Picnics by the river, cuddling piles of squealing kids on a trampoline, gingerbread daleks at Christmas....
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The Best Excuse for Cake
So it’s my 35th birthday! It was a pretty chilled out day. My presents so far have mostly included chocolate and tea which is most pleasing and appropriate, though I’ve also received a couple of rather...
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Ice Warrior Fashion Week
It’s been a weird week. I gave my talk on Wednesday night with Lian Tanner – between us we chatted a lot about creativity, about keeping score as writers, and what with one thing and another we kept...
View ArticleThings To Be Excited About (Writing and Parenting Edition)
I missed out on the fun & professional inspiration of Genrecon this weekend, which would normally have been pretty depressing, but I got to hang out with my snuggly family and watch a bunch of...
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The Shape of 2013 (how it was)
I wasn’t going to do one of these this year. 2013 has been a bit of a crazy, scattered blur in many ways. But then I read my 2012 post and was so pleased I had noted things down for future reference....
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