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Putting on writing shoes
Writer's Shoes I feel estranged from my little girl. For this last week, I have diverged from my life as a mother into my other life…I have not only studied this week, but I have also attended a Life...
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Write on Wednesday ~ The mighty mighty rewrite
Write on Wednesday Exercise 14 – The Mighty Mighty Rewrite… I did a workshop with literary author MJ Hyland, who teaches Masters in Creative Writing at Manchester University. She asked us to choose our...
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Deeper water
Write On Wednesdays Exercise 16: Hadge says: Take a favorite (or even random play) song and write the story behind the lyrics, not something inspired by the lyric, but the flesh on the bones of the...
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Dancing in the rain (aka All About Me)
I have just discovered Edenland…which, if you have been blogging yourself, will think is remarkable, as Eden Riley is one of the better known Australian bloggers. Yep, she’s funny and a great writer....
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Watching the cool girls hang
Some days, blogging makes me feel like the awkward shy girl in the playground, observing the cool girls hanging out by the side of the school gym, flicking their blonde hair. Throwing back their...
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The edits I need to make
One of my favourite bloggers Jennifer at Enjoy Life For Once! wrote a post this week about editing: Editing as an Act of Compassion. It’s such a unique, beautiful idea. Although I am an aspiring...
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Somebody’s baby
It is nearly Christmas. A girl drives home from the coast. The afternoon sun sears through her window. It scorches the seats. She hasn’t eaten since morning. Her eyes ache as she tries to keep them...
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Welcome, friends, to my new blog, My Little Sunshine House. You have got to know me through Heart Mama over the last two years. Although Heart Mama is still here, in content and spirit, I have shed my...
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Where do I begin?
You know that saying, sleep begets sleep? It’s true, isn’t it? The more babies sleep in the day, the better they sleep at night. The same goes for blogging. In the last few weeks, I have spent my...
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The relationship between self-worth and creativity
I was feeling glum yesterday. It was lack of sleep. The weather. A general feeling of glumness. In the glum haze, I felt glum about my writing and all things creative. I do that – turn on myself, and...
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The red balloon
A man with yellow suit pants fills a red heart-shaped balloon for the little girl. She holds her heart-shaped balloon by its string. Her daddy tells her if she lets go, it will fly away. So she holds...
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I am Moon-Face: Writing characters for children
Why Moon-Face? ‘Come and give Mummy a hug,’ I say to Little Sunshine Girl. ‘You are not Mummy. You are Moon-Face!’ she cries. I have been Moon-Face for nearly a month. I miss being Mummy. Funnily...
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Underwater : : It could have been forever
It was late summer in San Francisco. A family arrived at the grandparent’s house. The little boy, not quite three, went to the studio, where he often plays. Through the glass door, he saw toys...
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More details about my first children’s book
There was a littler version of me once, who sat at a clonky old typewriter and wrote stories such as this: Twenty-four years later, I am bigger, and have a slightly better grasp of grammar. I can even...
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Why I Write…
This little ‘game’ started over at Always Josefa, and continues to spread across the countryside. Basically, a bunch of bloggers are talking about why they write. Kate Morell, From Katie To Kate,...
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Intimacy and blogging
Blogging and social media has surely changed so much of how we relate to one another. Here we are, cup of tea in reach, reading the intimate details of each other’s lives. Some write about weaning...
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Writing in the mountains
It’s Sunday afternoon in a little house in Austria. The fire is burning. The children, their father and grandma have gone to the pool. After days of skiing, {indoor} swimming is fun for a change. And...
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Children Book Tuesday :: Writing by heart
As some of you know, I have spent much of the last week sitting beside a lake, writing. Words flow in a steady stream. I pause for a moment to look up at the magical horizon, then back at my computer,...
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