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2017 TBR Pile
It’s a new year and while I’ve been flittering between Melbourne and Adelaide I decided to sit down and write up a list of book that I want to read this year. One of my goals for the year is to read more. A few years back I had a goal to read 50 books before July hit and I hit it. Since then I’ve struggled to get more than 30 in a year, or even up to that. A lot of that has been because I was studying or I had an RPG I was roleplaying on. Excuses, responsibilities, yadda yadda yadda. So here’s my list, hopefully, there are…
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The Artist’s Way – Week 2
Ahh Week 2, here we are. This week is all about Identity and recovering it. The topics were pretty rad this week, they included: Going Sane, Poisonous Playmates, Crazymakers, Skepticism, Attention and Rules of the Road I have to admit, I missed one day again, but this time I’m pretty sure it was because I got up and went to my retail job, but I can forgive myself for that because it’s tough getting out of bed for it sometimes. And mostly because I use all of my energy that I would use to write or edit for conversing and selling to people. I can do that in my sleep and…
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The Creative Tarot + Lumina Review
There are a few things that I love more than writing, my cat, stationery and tea (and yes in that order too, don’t judge me) and that’s tarot and oracle cards. Seriously, my collection is starting to be huge. It all started with my mother, who has this gorgeous deck of Greek mythical decks that I always, always loved. And she only bought them because she’s obsessed with Greek mythology and being Greek it’s kind of a given. But I remember when Dad used to work late we’d one of her friends come over and have tea (back then I hated it so I stuck with my Diet Coke, gosh…
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Editing Frenzy
One of the most important steps in any writer’s journey is editing and there are so many that don’t use editors, thinking that their own eye is enough. I’m here to tell you that it’s not. There are things that an editor can pick up that you can’t and that’s the hardest thing any human being can admit to, because no one wants to admit that they’re not perfect. I admit that even I’m not perfect, but I have learned that a second pair of eyes never hurt anyone, especially not my writing. So from today (the 12th of December) until the 23rd I’m slashing my hourly editing rate from $45AUD…
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The Artist’s Way – Week 1
I decided to restart studying The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron because I wanted to see it through. When I came back from Bali I brought this book to and from with me as something to read and I never got to it until I was on my flight home from Adelaide. I’d heard lots about it, but I never actually sat down to do it and now here I am, doing it. I’m also going to document it. I’m going to go through week by week and hold myself accountable on here for it. That way I can’t actually slack off. I’m not blocked, let’s just get that straight…
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Finding Your Writing Why
Find something that you’re passionate about: use that passion and write about it. I was watching the new Gilmore Girls episodes and laughing, sobbing and crying with every part. It was all so beautiful and I’m dying for more. Can we start another petition to get more seasons, please? I mean there’s still so much more to talk about here, how about those last four words, hey? Don’t worry I’m not going to spoil it for anyone, that would be unfair and I did my hardest to not look at any spoilers until I’d watched all four episodes and then I went crazy. I felt like I was watching Rory…
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How to Win NaNoWriMo in Three Days
Okay, I did it in five this year. But this year’s NaNoWriMo was bigger than I expected. Last year and the year before I managed to hit 50k on day 3 and 3.5 respectively. This year I wanted to try to do it in two. I knew I had a massive task ahead but more importantly I knew that I could do it, but turns out…this was not my year and before you moan and go oh god you still finished it in five, let me give you a little back story on why and how I’m such a speed demon when it comes to NaNoWriMo and how my region…
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Remarkability by Lorraine Murphy
Be so good they can’t ignore you. I had the pleasure, earlier this year, to go along to the Business Chicks 9 to Thrive along with my gorgeous friend Kylie (who was lucky enough to score free tickets and asked me to come along, so super grateful for some of the lovely ladies who have entered my life in the last few years). And one of the highlights, well besides the experiencing Henna for the first time was getting to listen to one of the most amazing and dynamic speakers I’ve ever had the pleasure to watch. Lorraine Murphy, head of The Remarkables Group, blazed on stage with a brilliant…
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How to Use your Trusty Writing Journal
Oh, Dreamers, I’ve had some problems. My computer decided it was time to take a bit of a hiatus and wouldn’t go past my login screen, which was upsetting because I had stuff on my computer that wasn’t backed up, but I did have back-ups, the motto here: back up your shit, it saves for headaches later. I’ve also had a dear auntie pass away and been consumed by my Masters work, but that’s okay, most of it has passed and now onto the good days. Today I wanted to talk a little bit about the beloved Writing Journal. I harper on about this over and over in a lot of…
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Rise Sister Rise by Rebecca Campbell
My skin feels tight, my body seems ready for what’s to come and I can already feel the shifts. I finished this book in record time, in comparison to its sister book Light is the new black. I struggled so hardcore to finish and let myself get distracted and put off by the hugeness of the actual book, but once I was done with it I could understand why. It was a book that cracked me wide open, Campbell has a way of writing that gets right into the spaces between and really exposes those cracks. And while I thought I was ready for it, I soooo wasn’t. Rise sister…
