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(#16) New fiction: The Estuary
A new short story for my Joy Rise supporters + a creativity prompt
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(#15) Where do I find courage in my writing when I don't feel it?
The books and words I turn to, when I need to be brave in my work. Plus EXCITING UK news!
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(#14) Remember Who You Are: smoke signals from First Draft Woods
Where I find focus and motivation to stay open-hearted and write.
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(#13) Five essentials in my new writing office
+ first loves, rage, found photographs, Bundjalung seasons & our new Joy Rise community noticeboard
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(#12) New short fiction: Bowerbirds
Do you know, you can begin again?
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(#11) How do you manage the unique emotional toll of writing fiction?
Tattoos, dancing, resting, and remembering the mutualism of emotions
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(#10) Before I Begin Part 3: Belonging
You - I - we belong here, no matter what Imposter Syndrome has to say. So let's fucking dance.
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One single spark: the curing salt edition
A feast shared with my ghost selves
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(#9) Before I Begin Part 2: Rituals
Whatever the fuck it takes to remember the value in creating still exists
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Our first single sparks for 2025
Getting the out-of-reach tinned peaches down for each other
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(#8) New short fiction: The Sixteenth Brolga
A painting on canvas becomes a painting on skin - a fairy tale about transformations
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(#7) Before I Begin Part 1: Feeling sick about writing - is it anxiety? Nerves? Or, excitement?
Introducing a special 3-part summer/winter series, on prepping to begin writing a new novel
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