It’s been a while since I’ve kept the world informed of my writing habits. I know. Edge of seats stuff. Fear not though, the writing hasn’t stopped, just the navel gazing. But stuff has happened. I learned about the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org, and moved my stuff to ORG …
After a whack to the jaw with a hockey stick, we thought it might be prudent to take our eldest for a slight detour on the way home from hockey last weekend. A slow, long, sitting around forever detour to the emergency department. Don’t get me wrong. It’s an impressive …
I’m currently doing Jen Storer’s fabulous Scribbles course. And there’s a whole section about naming your characters. I’m pretty lazy when it comes to this. I go through my kid’s friends and pick the one that most closely matches the character I’m thinking of, or the syllable count I want …
I’m a morning runner. I get up, I write some stuff, I run. Or I get up, I run. Sometimes I procrasti-write. Sometimes I procrasti-work. And then I find myself squeezing in an afternoon run. I’m rarely more than 1km in, when I realise I hate afternoon runs. Exhibit A: …
The sun has been shining of late in good old Melbourne town. I don’t even know how to write in the sunshine. I’m used to huddling up in a blanket watching sport with fingertips braving the elements to move the pen over my notebook. So, honestly, the opportunistic writing that …
I’m going start by bragging. This year I trained for and ran a marathon. That’s right 42.2 kilometres. I’ve run a couple of half marathons before, but I started about 9 months ago, from a comfortable 14km. I built up… 2km a fortnight, until I hit 36km. And then, on …
I broke the writing drought. At sea. That’s right. This post is brought to you by P&O. My little family is just back from some cruisin’. And while I’m not completely caught up, I got my write on, all over that boat. I wrote on the top deck. I wrote …
Ummm… nowhere! I think it’s been a couple of weeks. Life is well and truly in the way. But, maybe I need the break. So the 52 week challenge is going into catch up mode. And I’ll pick it all back up soon.
This weekend, Master Sporty was in the State School Spectacular. Dancing. It was pretty special to see this kid and one of his sporty mates in sparkles dancing to spice girls. And he loved it. To achieve this sparkly goodness involved 3 train trips to the city in one day. …
I’m not sporty. I got tennis elbow after one tennis lesson. I shut my eyes when a ball comes towards me. And so it pains me to write my second “What I learnt” with a sporting theme. But here we are. While I’m not sporty, I do run. And for …
I was supposed to be giving blood. But then my iron levels from the finger prick test were too low. So, they thought they’d use a vein to check my iron levels, and if they were OK, they’d use the other vein to steal my blood. As it happened though, …
I like to chew my pen. It’s not cool. Especially when someone asks to borrow a pen and you have to hand them one with bite marks. Because you don’t have any without. But it’s part of my writing process. I chew while I think. I start most stories with …
I keep telling myself I can’t write or even brainstorm when I run. But this doesn’t stop me trying. Because honestly, you need to distract yourself when you’re running. On Thursday, I had an idea while I was running. This week’s theme for Tania McCartney’s 52 week picture book challenge, is …
This week’s Captain Obvious epiphany comes courtesy of junior hockey. When things get tough in junior hockey, there’s one thing that coaches and parents all yell – STICKS DOWN!!!! You see, there is no chance of saving a goal, hitting your own goal, or anything, unless your stick is where the …
I think I write best on trains. Maybe it’s the built in deadline of arriving at a destination and having to put the pen down. Maybe it’s that something else is moving, so I can stay still. Maybe I’m inspired by the *ahem* colourful characters around me. But I do …
