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2024 Week 33: Everywhere you go, always take the weather with you (except if you come from Melbourne).

Last week our awesome daughter Meg was up from Melbourne for some Wilderness Society work meetings. She stayed with us along with our two gorgeous, full of energy, non-stop grandkids. And of course after weeks and weeks of blue skies, … Continue reading

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2024 Week 30: You’ve got (more) mail.

I mentioned in a recent post that I’d had surprising emails from a German school in Mexico and a French school in Vanuatu. In both cases their students were reading Don’t Call Me Ishmael. Since then I’ve had more writing … Continue reading

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2024 Week 28: Going (back to) where the weather suits my clothes.

Back home from a chilly Melbourne to a much more mild and user-friendly Brissie winter. We had a lovely time down south including a great night out at the spectaclar LIGHTSCAPE in the Royal Botoanical Gardens. On the writing front … Continue reading

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2024 Week 16: Where do I begin …

One of the most common questions writers get asked is ‘Where do you get your story ideas from?’ The truth is, they can come from anywhere. And for me at least, they’re often quite small things that grow and evolve … Continue reading

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