One of the things I’ve been doing in my spare time is creating a Reader’s Journal. I enjoy reading and writing my notes into my journal and I figured, “Why not share what I do?” So for the last week, I planned out the entire annual journal and what will go on each page. It […]
Brute Force Spam Attacks
(I just looked at this photo and saw that he’s holding up a sign that says, ‘Stop and Pray’. Ha! Now that I’ve inserted it into the blog, I can’t be bothered removing it and replacing it with something else. I’d pray that these annoying spammers have their server farms zapped and blown up in […]
Bits and Bobs From This Week
I met up with a girlfriend for a long walk around South Melbourne. It’s one of my favourite places to walk as the houses and terrace homes are all old and beautifully maintained. Some of the places have the blue signs at the front (like those around London) to learn the history of the place. […]
Enrolling into Creative Writing Stage 1 Course with the Australian Writers Centre
This week, I decided to finally take the plunge and enrol into a course with the Australian Writers Centre. I had been eyeing this course for some time but made plenty of excuses not to do it. Frankly, my money could be better spent on things around the house that need improvement or fixing (plumbing […]
Using Scrivener
Yesterday while Andrew was using the home office to work, I took the laptop into the kitchen and sat at the table with it. I pondered what to do on it. Should I surf YouTube? Should I work on my YouTube channel Life Lessons From Books? Should I write a short story? What? I decided […]
If You Write Dull Shit, It Doesn’t Matter What You Die From
Live Writing
This year I joined Writers Victoria based out of the Wheelers Centre at the back of the State Library of Victoria. The centre supports writers by providing an excellent library, events, workshops and other resources for people to write. Twice a week they run Live Write sessions on Tuesdays and Fridays online. However on the […]
Time Without Clocks
I’m excited!!!! I’ve booked myself to do this creative writing workshop at the wonderful home Mulberry Hill, of writer Joan Lindsay (author of Picnic at Hanging Rock) and artist Darryl Lindsay. WORKSHOP: WAYS OF LOOKING Saturday 17 February 202410am – 3pm Created for writers, this is an interactive workshop where participants encounter a work of […]
Creative Writing Practice
I have been having a lot of fun writing creatively every day. Most of it is done in a journal called the Writer’s Workbook which I’ve nearly completed. It encourages you to let the mind wander and write whatever comes to mind. That comes easily for me especially if I have a pen in my […]
A Visit to Prahran Mechanics Institute Library & Toying with a Storyline Idea….
Yesterday was a warm humid day in Melbourne and I had planned to play golf in the morning. However, I decided to change it at the last minute and instead, figure out something else to do with my time. I got online and started searching on YouTube and stumbled upon this little-known fact that the […]
From the Diaries: What is Your Most Overrated Virtue?
I’ve been writing in journals since I was 15 and have my entire life and reflections written in thousands of pages over the years. It’s been exactly a year since I left working and decided to go through some of the pages I had scribbled to review how much I have progressed in that time. […]
Writing Practice
I’ve discovered a site called Reedsy which has writing prompts that I could use to practice writing short stories. They have weekly contests where you could submit your story if you want to but I don’t think I’ll be doing that all the time. Instead, I’ll use the prompts to let my mind wander and […]
Sunday Stuff
After much hassling the husband to buy some outdoor furniture for our new landscaped garden, we finally went to a nearby showroom to look at what was in stock. Luckily, we have the same taste in furniture. I despise anything sleek and modern looking, so I wanted either wood or wicker. It didn’t take long […]
Quiet Time
It feels a bit awkward to write something here as I feel it’s been a while since I’ve had anything of note to say. Nothing much has been happening in my life and in fact, I don’t mind it at all. There’s a quietness to my days and there are days where I get up […]
“If This Isn’t Nice, I Don’t Know What Is”
Today, I did nothing. Nothing but sit back in my husband’s recliner, watching YouTube the entire day. The cat dozing in my chair while I allowed myself to have an entire day devoted to watching Kurt Vonnegut documentaries. Something about today just made me make it all about this brilliant humanist writer. While I sat […]
Memoir Writing Masterclass
Yesterday after my weekly French conversation with my friend online (we have been talking for nearly two years every week which has improved my French considerably), I headed to the local library for this masterclass. In all honesty, the reason I signed up was that finally, there were places and I managed to get a […]
Viktor with a K
I decided to submit a short story for the My Brother Jack Awards again which is a local writing competition. Of course, I have no delusions of winning prizes for creative writing because I find this type of writing difficult. It’s as if I have to get out of my own selfish ego and write […]
How To Predict Consequences
“Kids nowadays don’t know the meaning of consequences,” says my husband after he’s heard yet another story on the news about wayward teenagers creating havoc in the suburbs. “Maybe because it feels as if there are none nowadays. Or they haven’t learned to understand that with each action there is a consequence – good or […]
Stuff I Write in My Personal Diaries
Relax. It’s nothing exciting. I’m in my 50s and life has become a tad less thrilling. Today this is what I wrote and cracked up with myself. Emily is my niece. If anything, my diaries are random collections of thoughts that I would otherwise not express publicly. Mostly self deprecating or self loathing but almost […]
AI Writes a Novel
I hope this product dies a quick death. This tweet stream was sent by a good friend and I nearly choked on my coffee while the developer was going through the demo. Pseudo alright. Read the comments. Then I did a search on YouTube. Already there’s some writers using this tool. It’s making me think […]