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Most writers strive to be better writers.
I certainly do, and I am sure that most writers also have this simple goal with their writing. But having such a goal and achieving this goal are two entirely different matters. All writers can benefit from learning more about the craft of writing and their readers will bless […]

“Life is mostly froth and bubble,
Two things stand like stone,
Kindness in another’s trouble,
Courage in your own.”
Adam Lindsay Gordon, Australian poet.
I heard this quote last Sunday on the Australia wide radio programme, “Australia All Over.” Someone ringing in to the programme read out the whole poem which was quite beautiful. I have quoted only the last […]

Today I read a very interesting article in our local newspaper, The Murray Valley Standard. The article included details of a recent visit to the district of children’s author, teacher and academic, Mem Fox. She is the author of the picture book Possum Magic, probably the most popular Australian children’s picture book world-wide.
Mem Fox is […]

Do you call yourself a writer?
What have you written today? This week? This month?
Unless you write regularly, you cannot call yourself a writer. Too many people just dream of being a writer. They are in love with the idea of being a writer. They don’t actually ever write anything, or if they do, their […]

Down with Love starring Ewan McGregor and Renee Zellweger was recently shown on a local television station here in South Australia. The short review in the television guide attracted my attention. Here was another movie about writers; in fact, both of the main characters are writers.
McGregor plays the part of a popular journalist while […]