Writing
October 10, 2015
What have you dared to say yes to? And what was the outcome? When I tell people that my first book is about to be published, the response is usually, Really? Is it a novel? I explain that while I do write fiction, I’ve spent the last eight years researching and writing about war widows. The […]
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September 17, 2015
Welcome to the new look Treefall Writing! Over the last little while, Ian from IC-TECH has been building me a new website/blog space from scratch. As of Thursday 17 September 2015, I can be be found here, at www.melindatognini.com.au. The web address is not all that different (I was at melindatogninini.com, so the only differences […]
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August 25, 2015
With the Second World War and its aftermath at the core of Many Hearts, One Voice: the story of the War Widows’ Guild in Western Australia, the events of that time period have been on my mind for quite some time. I was therefore a little surprised (but probably shouldn’t have been) that the 70th anniversary […]
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August 1, 2015
National Bookshop Day aims to celebrate all that’s great about bookshops. I’m a big fan of local, independent bookshops and have been for a long time. If at all possible, I’ll order my books through one of these rather than a chain store or on-line, for reasons I’ve explained in an earlier post. I’m reminded of a story […]
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July 15, 2015
Whether you’re just starting out or you’ve been writing for years, whether you are 9 or 89, everyone has days when they need help to get the creativity cranking. I often have to ‘trick’ myself into writing by telling myself I only have to write for 10 minutes. Usually, that’s enough for the words to start flowing, although some days are […]
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After almost eight years of researching, interviewing, drafting and editing, my manuscript is finally beginning to look like … a book. A little recap in case you missed it: In November 2007, I agreed to write the story of the War Widows’ Guild in Western Australia. In doing so, I discovered a courageous group of women whose […]
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