Well, that was a surprise. I just got another ‘thank you, but no thank you’ response to my mid grade novel. DARN! But the news, thankfully was not as impersonal as it could have been, and as rejections go it was extremely helpful and kind.

Have you ever noticed how we tend to categorise people? Executive – salesperson, single – married,

Well, I think it’s official the first Celebration of Writing at the Bodhi Tree was a huge success.

I’m often asked, which is the best way to write, by hand or using a computer? The answer to me is like many things in writing

If you are in Perth and looking for something writing related to do over the next nine days, you are going to love this.

I bought myself a toy on Saturday (after an annoying amount of research) – a netbook. For those who aren’t familiar with these, they are

I’d always thought that crossing your legs while typing was advised against simply because it would cut off some of the circulation to your legs. Turns out I was wrong.

All this week I have been looking forward to today – a day off in a busy week. I’ve been out working most days, only to come home and work late in to the evening finishing work so that I could NOT WORK today. There is, however, one challenge.

I was recently reading a curry restaurant menu that included a typo (‘till’ instead of ‘til or until, I think). Instinctively I wanted to reach for a pencil to mark it or change it. In fact, its mere existence so totally distracted me that

After the last few days, I have once again realised the importance of deadlines. These days writers, of any kind, are rarely just writers; they are also