October 4, 2025
It’s been a while since I participated in Six Degrees of Separation, in which Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest offers the name of the book and fellow readers link it to six other titles in any way our mind makes connections. But it’s always fun, and I enjoy reading the chains of other participants, so I’ve been […]
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October 1, 2025
What prevents you from creating art, whether that be poetry, prose, painting or playing the piano (or something else that doesn’t start with the letter p)? In her book, We Need Your Art, Amie McNee identifies procrastination, perfectionism, jealousy, comparison and burnout as some blocks to creating art (and she discusses each of these in detail […]
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August 30, 2025
Many of you will have heard of Julia Cameron and her book The Artist’s Way, which is essentially a twelve-week course to help recover your creativity. Although there is much more to the book, two of the key practices Cameron encourages is the idea of morning pages and artist dates. Morning pages are three hand-written pages […]
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August 5, 2025
I first met author Michael Trant through Twitter in the years before it became a bin fire and changed its name, when a group of us were waking up to write at 5 am. I don’t think any of us are actually at our desk that early in the morning these days, but we still […]
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August 2, 2025
Creative Writing Prompts: August
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“Making art is the ultimate human act. The impulse to create is instinctual, untaught, innate to us as a species,” says Amie McNee in the introduction to her book We need Your Art. Maybe you already have a project you’re working on (or struggling to work on), or you want to create something new but […]
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March 31, 2025
I’m really excited to introduce you to Emily Paull, whose novel The Distance Between Dreams is out in the world this week. Emily Paull is a Western Australian librarian, author and book reviewer. Having formerly worked in bookselling, Emily is an avid reader and a big supporter of the WA writing community who regularly moderates […]
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March 31, 2025
Creative Writing Prompts: April
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April is one of my favourite months of the year. In Australia, April represents a cooler change in the weather (hopefully!), as well as moments of pause and reflection for Anzac Day and Easter. I look forward to spending more time in my garden instead of hiding inside trying to escape the heat, as well […]
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February 4, 2025
For many people, February is the month of love. For me, it has a significance of a different kind, albeit still heart-related – because February is also International CHD Awareness Month, with 14 February being Sweetheart Day. I’ve put together a set of prompts that riff off all of this. While Valentine’s Day brings with […]
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