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I had a visit from a university friend and her daughters (3 and 9 months). They are gorgeous. It’s strange and pleasing to be able to talk of knowing folks for over 10 (or 20) years. I feel all old but in a good way. AS and her hubby fall into the over [...]
The View from Down Here
The musings of an Aussie seeing the world from waist high.... from a wheelchair
Category: writing
A box in the mail
6WS.2
My six words
beautiful day filled with wonderful surprises
6WS
I was looking through my NetNewsWire collection of blogs and came accross this concept on C Beth’s blog. Six word Saturday. Described more fully here, its basically to describe your life in that moment or a thing in your life in a phrase containing 6 words. During this disciplined blogging exercise I thought I’d try [...]
Blogging with Discipline
I like this idea.
I can relate to what Beth talks about. I have tended to be one of these writers;
There are times when my mind is filled with more blog posts than there are days in the week, when everything in my life can be easily put into a witty and/or meaningful bit of writing.
I [...]
interesting insight
After reading a couple of writing related books this week including Writing from Start to Finish by Aussie author Kate Granville which advocated structure, I found this an interesting contrast. This is from Khalid Hosseini who has written two books; The Kite Runner (which I haven’t read), and A Thousand Splendid Suns, which was one [...]
on reading on writing
If I’m honest. I’ve always fancied myself as a one time writer. I have visions of filling notebooks, of sitting in a corner somewhere expressing myself in hard-fought-for phrases that somehow become morphed into sage or entertaining prose that would somehow, one day either pay the bills, or earn respect. My “vision” is as varied [...]
a big blue line going up
It started with early morning garbage collection this time without swearing or very loud male gossip. From bed with the laptop on the floor I checked my BlogTracker stats. I got a huge pleasant surprise: my stats and hits had gone up quite markably. This as a result of FWD/Forward picking up this post on [...]
intergrated blogging
I have incorporated 3 lonely stranded blog posts from a half started typepad blog here. These are from a long time ago Dec 06-Jan 07 but I thought they were worth bringing into the fold. Apart from a comment I added to one entry regarding a missing immaterial photo I made no edits (though I [...]
what might my MacBook say …..
this brief piece is based on a writing exercise based on getting a “Dear John” letter from my favourite piece of furniture. On the website it came from various writers penned letters from sofas and armchairs, scales, toilets and even an electric wheelchair.
Here’s my very drafty initial attempt
Dear Joanna,
Well I’ve had enough. So I’m [...]
On Writing
From the aptly titled Write when inspired
If you want to be great, or at least to be better, start by breathing, taking breaks, and working intensely when the mood is on.
so, so yesterday
In a vague half hearted attempt to find blog statistic tracking tools for this blog I found this. It’s a discussion of the trends around blogging; whose doing it, whose reading them, how often people update and burn out rates. Its an interesting read which traces the rise and it believes fall of the phenomena. [...]
Just words — a writing exercise
Lying straight. Holding what is left of shallow breathing and waiting. There are key noises to be listening for. A rhythm to the chaos. Markers for the unmeasurable. And an end. A final bang. An end. A stillness after the storm.
It will all start again. Tomorrow probably or if the young girl behaves she hopes, [...]
