Melinda Tognini
February 2, 2021
After months of relative freedom in Western Australia, we’ve just entered a snap lockdown after a security guard tested positive to COVID-19. I’m staying positive at this stage, as it’s initially only for five day, but I know I’m fortunate enough to be able to continue much of my work and study from home with […]
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January 5, 2021
What are your memoir or family history goals for 2021? Is it actually making a start on researching or writing your family history? Perhaps it’s interviewing an elderly relative before it’s too late? Or finding a way through the dead ends and brick walls of your research so far? Maybe it’s finally starting to turn […]
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January 5, 2021
Are you having trouble getting back into your writing after the festive season? I know I am, especially after days of binge watching my latest favourite TV show—which is so much easier than trying to kickstart my creative brain into action! Stephen King believes that ‘Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration; the rest of us […]
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December 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to The Muddleheaded Wombat
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Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, which is usually on the first Saturday of the month—except when I completely forget about it! And this was one month I didn’t want to skip because the starting book is one that meant a great deal to me when I was a young teenager: Are You there […]
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November 7, 2020
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, my monthly bit of bookish fun, where Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest gives us a starting book and we link it to six other titles in any way our mind decides to make connections. This month, we’re actually beginning with a wild card, meaning we begin where we ended in […]
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November 2, 2020
Have you ever considered how history might be seen through the eyes of children? I’m currently part way through a writing residency at Samson House, a National Trust building in Fremantle. It is fabulous to have time where I have to focus on my writing rather than be sidetracked by the rest of my to-do […]
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