Into the Void

I’m not sure if people read (or write, for that matter) blogs anymore. Perhaps corporates and community organisations commission blogs to gain more traffic through SEO,…

How to stop blogging

When you begin to write your story online, it becomes hard to know how to end it. While the story may reach a point of closure,…

Do writing ideas have a use-by-date?

By Gillian Harrison Today I’m chasing an orange Kombi van. From the dirt tracks of Ko-Samui to the gravity defying roads of the Scottish highlands, she…

How to use music in storytelling

By Gillian Harrison Strange as it seems, one of my favorite things about returning to work has been the drive. Once upon a time, sitting on…

When you live with anxiety, you never really live

In 2011, I spent the entire year with a headache. Tired of the pain, I went to our family medical clinic sure I would be diagnosed…

Creativity: Use it or Lose it

By Gill Harrison In primary school art class I repeatedly turned even the most promising of my paintings into one big brown blob. Instead, my childhood…

The crying game

By Karen Charlton I celebrated my 33rd birthday last weekend by having a ripper car fight with my husband and crying into the green woods of…

Joining the 5am writer’s club

By Karen Charlton I can hear Ruben stirring – strike that – crying from his room. Either that or a small wolf cub has entered our…

Finding the bones of your blog

By Karen Charlton A few Tuesdays ago we went into the city for my bestie’s book reading at Readings Carlton. Mum was minding the boys at…

Dealing with life envy

By Karen Charlton We’re all moving on to the internet and in this global village, we have so many Joneses to keep up with. You mightn’t…

Is it OK to go grey?

By Gillian Harrison I found my first grey hair when I was 17. I remember plucking it in disgust and disbelief before obsessing over that little…

Girls: Television every woman should watch

By Karen Charlton {Image} After growing up on a diet of Police Academy and Chevy Chase films in the 1980s, it’s any wonder my generation has…

Putting yourself first

Post by Gillian Harrison I left my children in early 2010. My partner convinced me to take a kid-free holiday to Malaysia for 6 days. I…

What you really need to write that first draft

By Karen Charlton Anna Funder wrote Stasiland, a tale of life in East Germany under Stasi rule, as ‘an exercise against forgetting’. When the book was…