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Recently I was invited to give a short talk at the Castlemaine Word Mine (have a look at castlemainewordmine.wordpress.com/ to see what it’s all about). I got the title of my talk from a book (of course). The Child That … Continue reading →

I did promise myself that I’d be a more frequent blogger this year, but now into the third month of the year, and with only one post to my credit, it seems that I was misleading myself. I have, however, … Continue reading →

My New Year’s Resolution is to be a More Frequent Blogger. Which will probably mean short and pretty much off-the-cuff posts. My weekly pile of library books is always a good start. But also, this week, my swanning about with … Continue reading →

I’ve borrowed a library book called The Top Ten: Writers Pick Their Favorite Books edited by J.Peder Zane. The editor asked 125 writers to list their favorite books, and then made more lists of the lists. The Top Top Ten … Continue reading →

In October, Sisters in Crime are celebrating their 20th anniversary with a HUGE convention called SheKilda. It’s on from 7-9th October at Rydge’s Hotel in Melbourne, and there will be heaps of women crime writers from Australia and overseas, plus … Continue reading →

A couple of weeks ago I went to see ‘From Time to Time’, a movie based on a children’s novel by L.M. Boston. I was eager to see it, and I suppose it’s always a danger, seeing the film of … Continue reading →

  Finding time is the key to a life filled with happy work. Kenneth Atchity A friend has loaned me a book called A Writer’s Time by Kenneth Atchity. The subtitle is Making the Time to Write. Even though I … Continue reading →

No, not best poems about the underground – political movement or home of worms and tunneling creatures – but best poems on the London Tube. When I went to the UK with my mother in September 1986 we travelled everywhere … Continue reading →

The theme this week is bits and pieces. I have been trying to impose order on my bulging filing cabinet, and so I’ve had a purge. Lots of paper went straight to the bin, while a small pile for ‘keep’ and … Continue reading →