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I ran away from my computer…
I turned off the computer around Saturday lunch time and didn’t turn it on until this morning. Monday. Over 24 hours without a word typed or an email read. It was heaven–and felt like a guilty indulgence. Saturday morning I made carrot muffins. (This was when I was still kidding myself that I’d be writing…
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Stormy Weather
Here’s a photo to scare you away from ever visiting Perth — not that I want to do that! but then the clouds cleared (for a while) and I had an absolutely lovely lunch with some writer friends. Honest to goodness, authors! I think we scared the waiter 😉 I know one creature unfazed by…
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Oblivious
So I’m writing this while according to science there’s a partial eclipse happening outside the window. I hadn’t noticed. Oops. Let’s blame the cloud cover. Have you noticed how once you start writing (or reading) you enter another world? If I’m totally into a scene I’m writing, when I look up, I expect the time…
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Go Away, May
April kicked my butt. I am so not ready for May. I’m a member of the Australian Romance Readers Association (great group!) and we do a monthly catch up of books we’ve read. In April I only managed 4 new books, and two of those were novellas. I was shocked. No wonder my TBR pile…
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Anzac Day
Anzac Day is a special day for Australians and New Zealanders when we remember those who have fought and died for our countries and for peace. Like most Aussie kids, I learned about Anzac Day at school and the war poets of the First World War brought me to tears. I remember flag raising and…