December 3, 2024
Contemplating beginnings and endings can help provoke memories and create fascinating stories when writing about our own lives or the lives of those who came before us. Here’s a few prompts to get you started … 1. Leaving Write about a time you or an ancestor left one place and moved to another, whether that […]
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December 3, 2024
Although the end of the year often sees us reflecting on the year that has been and considering what lies ahead, beginnings and endings can happen any time – and the following prompts can also be used at any time for whatever creative project you wish to start or continue developing. 1. Endings Write a […]
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November 5, 2024
In mid-October 2024, Australian author Tess Woods and her incredible team pulled off an extraordinary day of panel discussion panels with authors of genre fiction. This included speculative fiction, crime, romance, children’s books and historical fiction. It was such an inspiring day, both as a reader and a writer. Word is that next year the […]
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November 2, 2024
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation where book lovers all start with the same title (supplied by Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest). We then link it to six other books in whatever way our brains make connections. This month’s starting book is Intermezzo, Sally Rooney’s latest novel. Intermezzo is an interlude between acts of a […]
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October 22, 2024
I recently had a request for list of 2025 writing competitions for young writers in Australia. Although I keep a list of upcoming competitions and other publishing opportunities, I usually wait until I have definite details and closing dates, which often don’t happen until a particular competition is launched in any given year. However, I […]
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October 5, 2024
Welcome to another 6 Degrees of Separation. Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest provides the name of a book. Link that title to another in any way your brain makes connections. Repeat until you have created a chain of six books in addition to the one that started it all. Let us know where you ended up! This […]
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October 1, 2024
Who fascinates you? Perhaps it’s an ancestor you’ve learned you have something in common with. Maybe it’s someone who didn’t fit the mold of the time and society in which they lived. It might be someone you still know well in your own life today. It could even be you. My current fascination is with […]
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September 30, 2024
I recently had a friend tell me her son had created an imaginary world, but was worried about not being able to get his creative ideas out of his head. I love encouraging and supporting into young writers, so I’m developing a series of prompts to help him share the world he’s creating. Maybe these […]
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