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This time last year, (it was winter, I remember it well ), I went down to Melbourne for the weekend. I was catching up with family, having dinner with my publisher, doing a spot of shopping. All the nice things. Instead of staying in a hotel, I decided I try an air bnb, city stay, …
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We had an amazing thread going in the Duck Pond, last week. We were talking about ‘quiet’ books. You know the type. Gentle, nuanced, often deep. The kind of books that leave a mark, make you think. Perhaps even make you clever… Manuscripts (whether adult fiction or kidlit) often get rejected on the grounds …
Super quick post because ALL THE PLATFORMS, right?? I'll be LIVE in the Duck Pond, our private Facebook group, tomorrow. That's: Friday, July 3, 11.15am AEST. The Scribbles Academy opens later this month (July) for its ONLY intake for 2020 and I want to talk about that! I'll also be chatting about my own creative …
WordPress just sent me a screaming message, 'You haven't written anything yet!' (Their exclamation mark btw.) How rude! I'm going to ignore that and write anyway... A quick blog post on a brisk winter's morning, dear reader. I've been creating an eCourse of late. Dum de dum. I've created several eCourses in my time. But …
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If you've been following me for any length of time, you'll know I LOVE Leonie Dawson's, My Shining Year Life and Business Goals Workbooks. I've been buying them for five or six years, now. I'm almost superstitious about them. Apart from the fun and colour and massive inspiration bombs I get from them, I …
The Cavewoman and the Crone: A Preherstoric Allegory written and illustrated by Jen Storer Once there was a cavewoman. She was a busy cavewoman. She got a lot of shit done. She could slit a deer’s throat and skin it in under an hour. She stuffed wild ducks and roasted them with hazelnuts, yams …
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A few years back, I wrote a book about creative writing. It's still selling on Amazon. But I never promote it. I want to tweak it. And it needs a new cover... Because. Shit.I know more now! I've got more to say. More to share. Maybe I'll just write a whole new book.Want to …
Hello dear Reader!Yesterday (Tuesday Nov 5) was ANNOUNCEMENT DAY.Yep, we announced the winners of the 2019 Scribbles Creative Writing Awards (or CWAs as we affectionately call them).Now. Girl and Duck is a smooth machine. But we’re a small machine. So, in order to pull off a competition of this magnitude (and trust me it was …
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Hello, dear reader! Today is Shortlist Day! So, what’s the big deal about a shortlist? Lordy lord! A shortlist groups together the best. It acknowledges the most accomplished in a huge collection of entries. It’s how we make literary awards (such as the Scribbles Creative Writing Awards), manageable — both for the judges and …
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So dear reader, you might remember I wrote about my Depth Year here and here. (Just wanna know about the new e-course? Scroll to the bottom, sunshine!) To recap, mine has been a Low Buy Depth Year. What does that mean? I committed to going deep with what was important to me and letting …
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