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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
December 3, 2022
6 Degrees of Separation: From The Snow Child to The Glass House premium
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where bookish types all begin with the same book title and link it to six others in any way their minds decide to make connections. This month’s starting point is The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Set in Alaska during the 1920s, it is apparently based on a […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reviews & Recommendations
October 1, 2022
6 Degrees of Separation: Notes on a Scandal to Caravan Like a Canary premium
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation, where we all start with the same book and link it to six other titles in whatever curious way our mind chooses to make connections. This month’s starting book, thanks as always to Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest, is What Was She Thinking [Notes on a Scandal] by Zoe Heller. […]
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6 Degrees of Separation, Reading, Reviews & Recommendations
August 5, 2017
6 Degrees of Separation: From Pride and Prejudice to Ambulance Girls premium
Welcome back to Six Degrees of Separation, where Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest gives us the title of a book, and we link it to six others in any way we want. Please join in – it’s easy and fun, and I’d love to hear the random connections your mind makes! This month’s starting book is Pride and Prejudice, […]
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Reading
August 9, 2016
Top 10 Tuesday: 10 Books I’d Buy Right This Second if Someone Handed Me a Fully Loaded Gift Card premium
Top Ten Tuesday is a meme hosted by a bunch of ‘college aged and twenty somethings’ over at Broke and the Bookish, who would ‘spend every last penny on books even if it meant skipping a few meals’. One of their Top Ten Tuesday topics is ‘Ten books you’d buy right this second if someone […]
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Creating space for your story, Writing
August 2, 2016
Discarded Manuscripts, Diving In and Other News premium
My writing journey has involved traversing a long, winding path with numerous detours and roadblocks, sometimes entire landslides, but I’m slowly learning that nothing we do or experience is wasted – even discarded words and manuscripts. I really do believe that without the countless writing exercises I’ve attempted, hundreds of thousands of words scribbled in […]
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Reading, Reviews & Recommendations, Uncategorized, Writing
February 25, 2016
2016 Perth Writers Festival Round-Up premium
Here I sit, tucked away in my cabin in the hills. I’m looking out through the trees to the cityscape, listening to the birdsong, and ruminating over the weekend that was the 2016 Perth Writers Festival. I’ve attended the Perth Writers Festival for a number of years, but this was my first as a published […]
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Apologies for the late reply! I shall go check out your post - even the title is intriguing!
In 6 Degrees of Separation: From Orbital to Imperfect
I haven't read any of the books on your chain (though am reading Orbital currently) but love the clever links... And now adding Writer Laid Bare to my TBR.. my post is here - https://www.ladyinreadwrites.com/two-roads-diverged-in-the-words-with-trivia-twists-too/
In 6 Degrees of Separation: From Orbital to Imperfect
You're welcome! Thank you for being so generous with your time in answering my questions as well as all the incredible work encouraging creatives everywhere!
In Reflect. Simplify. Create: In Conversation with Amanda Viviers

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