Meet my children. They’re pretty great. Their names are Scout and Ralph. Those are not their real names, of course. Their real names are no big secret and if it’s eating you up inside and you just have to know, simply scroll back through some of my older posts and you’ll find them. I haven’t…
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Have you seen the tumbleweed rolling through this corner of the Internet lately? I feel like it’s ages since I’ve been here, and I’ve missed it. I’ve missed YOU. To be honest I feel like I’ve lost a bit of writing momentum. We went away on a little holiday and I brought back all kinds…
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How do you keep track of your creative life? Recently I drew this mind-mappy flow-charty thing to try to figure out, for myself, how all my various fun and creative projects relate to and support one another. Here’s what I learned about my creative life from creating this map: 1. Writing a novel was not…
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If I close my eyes I am instantly back there, sitting cross-legged on the floor of our family room underneath the IKEA shelves and fold-out “architect’s desk,” scribbling on scraps of paper. Sunlight slants sideways from a big wall of windows, the curtains decorated with lime concentric circles. There are lime-and-red cushions on the chairs….
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Some beautiful surprises have been arriving in the mail and on my doorstep in recent weeks. I feel so lucky to be on the receiving end of so much thoughtfulness and generosity. :: Lovely cards and notes and ephemera from beautiful friends met via this blog :: Precious cherries in the middle of winter, from…
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More mail art has been going out to say thank you to people for subscribing to this blog. People have been asking me how I decide what to draw and paint on the mail. Here’s an idea of my thinking behind this batch. ∧∧ Clare wrote in her blog about finding a figurine of Krishna…
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Lately a lot of people have been asking me about the snail mail I send. I figured it’s been a while since I shared this story, and never in the one place, so I thought I’d give it a go today. Forgive me if you already know this story: please enjoy the pretty pictures and…
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The following four questions about writing are part of a “blog-hop” that’s doing the rounds at the moment. If you’ve never heard of this term, a blog-hop is like a never-ending relay (if the baton could be divided an infinite number of times). I received the baton from straight-talking fellow Melbournian Annette of I Give…
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What does your workspace look like? Do you like it clean and organised, or do you thrive on creative chaos? I love those pictures of great writers sitting at their antique desks, all slumped and drowning under mountains of paper, with pictures in scraps pinned all over the walls, and old coffee cups, stacks of…
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“Surround yourself with Creative People.” That’s good advice. It’s also no.11 in this video, which you should definitely watch if you need encouragement or galvanising (or both) in the creativity department. Sometimes, surrounding yourself with creative people is easier said than done. For example if you stay at home and look after a baby every…
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I always… mime Madeleine sleeping for Mr B before waking her sniff the pages of old books wish I could bundle all my dear friends up and bring them to Melbourne crave summer fruit (oh! plums, nectarines, mangoes, cherries, more more more) love winter and long for snow to fall on my town I sometimes……
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Yesterday on a long walk we happened past this telegraph pole and, lo and behold, the people of North Fitzroy are making wishes. This makes me so happy! Just three days after I put up my little poster, people had taken home “hope,” “a fresh start,” and “a belly laugh” in their pockets. I wonder…
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