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Writing Wednesday
Australia Day is on the 26th of this month (next Monday!) so today’s Writing Wednesday is a little Aussie themed. Most Australia Day’s are seen as a chance to head down to the beach with your eski, tent, towel and beer to play a round of beach cricket and chill. I know here in Melbourne they have fireworks, I’m not sure about anywhere else! So I hope all of the Aussies here and those overseas have a great day! Here’s your prompt: The sun is shining and it’s a public holiday, you have no work tomorrow, have you got your Aussie flag tattoos ready? Your BBQ? You don’t? Tell me…
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My Writing Ritual Practice
And it’s another year! Yeah! Bring it on. I’m really excited about the year that’s about to come. There are so many great and exciting things I have in the works for you guys. Not to mention that I am slowly getting my novel ready, I’m editing it, at the moment, and testing it to see how I feel about it, so far I think I like it. I mean I know there are parts in it that I actually dislike but I know that’s because I’ve been staring at it for so long, but that aside, I’m going to be getting my editing services out there. I’m currently sitting…
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Sharing Sunday – Rampaging Rats
It’s no surprise as to this weeks Sharing Sunday lady is. Susan is back again with another excerpt! I just love her pieces and I’m excited that I get to share pieces that people are willing to send into me. If you’re interested hit me up on Facebook (click on the icon on the right) or check this page out for me details. I’m open for anything and everything! Now onto Rampaging Rats! Rampaging Rats Cleverly disguised as a French artist, Operative Digger travelled to Sydney by train. He then headed immediately for King’s Cross. His first stop was Club Canine, where he hoped to run into some of his…
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Writing Wednesday
Here we go! Another Writing Wednesday! I hope you’re all having good week. I’ve been hectic with work and all of the Christmas bonanza happening. Retail is just evil at this time, but getting there! Today’s prompt is a little different, but I hope you like it anyway! The hazy cloud of mist is enough to make me want to go back to bed but I’m here and out looking for a Christmas tree…why? God someone tell me why I’m here. Use this sentence to start your story, explain why your characters there, who they are but without actually stating it. Use the things around them, the trees, the…
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Sharing Sunday – A Tree Finally Speaks
Today’s Sharing Sunday piece is from a writer from somewhere new! Jennie is from the Philippines and her piece for you is about trees. She wrote it to give trees a voice, it’s a really beautiful piece, leave her some love in the comments and take a look at her site! A Tree Finally Speaks One night… Me: In the absence of wind and mist Who cradles your branches and leaves to sleep? Tree: You! Come near, exhale Me: I haven’t brushed my teeth My breath stinks Tree: Grab a leaf Scrub it in your mouth And let me kiss your lips Me: You are crazy, tree! Tree: Hahaha look who’s…
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Writing Wednesday
Writing Wednesday is here again and like I promised things are a little Christmasy! I’m not a huge Christmas fan, but working for ages in retail tends to kill the joy of Christmas for you. I like the family time, I hate the lead up. Anyway, today’s prompt for you: Your character wakes up to find themselves in a snow storm…in the middle of summer! What do they do? Write it out and see what you can get from it. Have a crack at it, it’s not that Christmasy but it’s early days yet. Good luck! Send in your entires as usual and I’ll give them a look over…
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NaNoWriMo is done, now what?
So now we’re out of November, the happiest writing month around as far as I’m concern, and now left to twiddle our thumbs, blink rapidly and try and find what life was like before the insaness that is NaNo, right? Or I might be alone in that, anyway! Now that you’ve got 50,000 words or even less, or maybe more, you’ve got a starting point. Don’t slack off now. Writing is like learning to ride a bike, you have to keep practicing to make it a part of your life and make it really resonate with what’s going on around you. Most people can’t just jump onto the computer and…
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Fully Awake Dreamer – Tahlia Meredith
I have a treat for you. This month’s Fully Awake Dreamer is a lovely lady I met this year through Bright Eyed and Blog-hearted blog course and I’m excited for you guys to meet this lovely lady. She is witty and I’m secretly (not so much now) envious of her kittens, share them! Here is the pretty lady Tahlia Meredith, make sure you click through to her great blog too! Tell us a little about yourself and what you write. I’m Tahlia, and I live in Melbourne with my Manfriend, two cats and a turtle. I have a full time job and in my spare time I love to read,…
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Writing Wednesday
Here we are for another Writing Wednesday! I hope you all had a great November! I sure did keep those writing fingers going, it’s worth it, I promise! Today’s writing prompt is all about staying alive! Here we go: A gunshot sounds and you need to go, run as fast as you can. Who’s chasing you? Where are they? Explain it out in details. Give it a go and hit me back with your tries! Also don’t forget to sign up to my newsletter and send in your great content for Sharing Sunday! Christmas time is upon us soon, I want to see some Christmas Stories!
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My Playlist: NaNoWriMo Novels
Music is essential to my writing, I’ve said it before and I will happily say it again. I can write in crowded rooms without much of an issue, even really loud thumpy music, I’ve learned to tune out the whole world. I think part of that is because I’ve worked in retail for seven years with music playing for eight hours straight and I learned to block out a lot of what’s played out of necessity of being able to survive through the entire shift, or it could have been that as I was getting into reading, I was blasting the music in the background, something about silences terrifies me,…