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Writing, Writing prompts
February 2, 2021
Creative Writing Prompts to get you through Lockdown premium
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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Family History
January 5, 2021
Discovering your Family History Goals premium
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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Writing, Writing prompts, Writing prompts for young writers, Writing resources, young writers
January 5, 2021
Creative Prompts for Young (and not so young) Writers premium
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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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
December 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret to The Muddleheaded Wombat premium
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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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
November 7, 2020
6 Degrees of Separation: From No Friend But the Mountains to Hero on a Bicycle premium
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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Creating space for your story, Family History, History, Writing, Writing prompts
November 2, 2020
Creative Writing Prompts: Stories of Childhood premium
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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    Thanks, Davida!
    In 6 Degrees of Separation: From No Friend But the Mountains to Hero on a Bicycle
    Ha Ha - great pun!
    In 6 Degrees of Separation: From No Friend But the Mountains to Hero on a Bicycle
    Hi Margaret, the book by Shirley Hughes would probably be classified as young adult, so it's a fairly easy read, but it was still interesting. Another one (aimed at an adult audience but still fiction) is An Italian Affair by Caroline Montague.
    In 6 Degrees of Separation: From No Friend But the Mountains to Hero on a Bicycle

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