Music – Food to My Soul, Fuel to My Writing
Something extraordinary happens when I listen to music; just like some food satisfies my hunger and particular cravings, listening to the right kind of music quenches my thirst. My heart soars at inspirational, bordering-on-triumphant songs like U2′s ‘Where the Street Has No Name’ or ‘Walk On’. Songs like ‘On My Own’ and ‘I Dream A Dream’ from musical Les Miserables, or any Disney animation soundtracks like ‘A Whole New World’...
Read MoreDate Night
Something short, something sweet; a quick, light-hearted post to lead us into hump day. My husband and I try to have a proper ‘date night’ at least once a fortnight, if not once a week. It’s a chance to slow down, to eat for reasons beyond the sake of necessity, to watch something you can’t find by flicking the TV channels, to absorb the beautiful sceneries and discover places we otherwise would never come across. As much as possible, I try to, at the very least, dress...
Read MoreThe Art of Editing
Some of you may already know about this, but for those who don’t… I have submitted Peeling Layers to the QWC/Hachette Manuscript Development Program. This is an Australia-wide competition in which they choose the best 10 to go on a 4-day retreat and work with senior editors, industry professionals and publishers to develop high-quality commercial fiction and non-fiction manuscripts in late November. With the synopsis and the first 50 pages of the novel sent as per QWC request, the...
Read MorePrejudice
This is a bit of heavy reading for the last day of work for the week, but social justice and cultural awareness are just some of the topics dear to my heart. It is indeed the basic premise of almost all my novels, in one form or another; and there have been… occurrences recently that have made me thought a lot about the topics. About a week ago, I spent a day listening and sharing information about cultural awareness. Whilst the talk focussed heavily on the Indigenous Australian...
Read MoreWhy Pen and Paper?
I have often pondered as to why I am unable to write what I thought of directly onto the computer (like what I’m doing right now with this entry!). Indeed, it would have saved me oodles of time, not having to hand-write and then transpose every single word I’ve written onto a word processor. It’s not like I have to write everything down. At work, I’ve been able to create professional letters, emails, invitations and flyers out of thin air. But when it comes to my...
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