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It was beautiful to take my writing campaign to the @magdalenarms and film the gorgeous interior with all its vintage touches. I found myself reminiscing about a failed relationship and the one thing that got me through the grief - writing! . #writinghabits #writingpractice #writingcoaching #writeeverywhere #writingcoach #amwriting #writemore #writedaily #writingdaily #writingroutine #beawriter #writingvlog #writenomatterwhatPlaying around with the latest edit of my writing campaign #writenomatterwhat filmed at the gorgeous @magdalenarms This one will be out tomorrow. Head on over to my YouTube channel - link in bio - for today’s beauty. Filmed by the epic @liam_serious_ellis . #writingpractice #writingcoaching #writeeverywhere #writingcoach #writersofinstagram #writemore #writeeverydamnday #writeeveryday #writingdaily #writinghabits #writingroutine #beawriter #writingvlogWhat if you could write no matter what? In my new writing campaign I delve into writing practice head first with a beautiful typewriter from @charlie_foxtrot_vintage My insights today: Think of the moment you have called for something you have longed for. This is how writing calls for you. . #writingpractice #writingcoaching #writeeverywhere #writingcoach #writersofinstagram #writenomatterwhat #writemore #writeeveryday #writeeverydamnday #amwriting #nanowrimo #writingtips #writingadviceCategories
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
All a writer can ask
The first Christmas I remember, I was four. My dad was working on a project in Malawi to develop coffee production for those with smallholdings. My mother took me and my brother out to Africa for the holidays. (This is … Continue reading
Posted in Essay, Memoir
Tagged Africa, Awards, blogging, Christmas, followers, Gabriela Blandy, Holidays, how to write, Interconnection, Malawi, readers, travelling, winter, Writing
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A bus is at its best when it’s a taxi
Dan and I are walking over the bridge to the bus stop. It’s not yet six o’clock, but the winter darkness has the river hidden. Only the streetlights can cut through the black, casting golden beams across the sodden streets. … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir
Tagged Description, Gabriela Blandy, how to write, Memoir, Mexico, Story, travelling, Writing
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A collage of trees
My father says that he’s going to chop down the pines in the corner of the garden. They have grown beyond the space, their silhouettes distorted from pruning over the years. Still, this has never stopped the pigeons roosting and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Memoir
Tagged Albany, autumn, childhood, Denmark, Denmark River, Gabriela Blandy, History, how to write, Karri, Memoir, memory, Pine, seasons, tennis, trees, Western Australia, winter, Writing
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