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Six Degrees of Separation
Six Degrees of Separation: The Bell Jar I can’t be quite so verbose this month, as I have school reports to write! Here goes: The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath I identified waaaaaay too much with Plath’s...
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A snapshot of this writing life…
This school term has been wonderfully intense, because I’ve had a rather atypical travel spell. I’ve done plenty of writing: SCHOOL REPORT writing! But I’m back, and I’m renewed and excited. First...
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Short, sweet and sour
I’ve had very little time for writing over the last few weeks, and no inclination to do anything but climb into bed with a book when the opportunity has presented itself. I get restless when I do not...
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Wonderful Women Series: Emily Paull
I know a number of very special, creative women and I want to share them with the world. These are the women who inspire me; they are driven by passion (and compassion!), and they have found ways to...
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The Ark
I loved the TV series, LOST. I love disaster movies and imaginings of dystopian futures. I’m obsessed with human behaviour and I find the psychology behind group dynamics compelling. When humans are...
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A shout out…
…and big congratulations to my friend, Louise Allan. Her novel, Ida’s Children, has been shortlisted for the TAG Hungerford Award. It’s a wonderful story, and Louise is a beautiful writer. I’m very...
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Reflections on Teaching
You know that old chestnut, ‘Those who can’t do, teach’? It riles me. More than riles me; I feel the heat in my belly, even as I type. But I have a confession: I used to think that way. When I...
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‘She lied in all the usual ways.’
‘She lied in all the usual ways.’ –Charlotte Wood, The Weekend It’s funny, the lies we tell ourselves. We don’t intend to; the lies are happenstance, and they serve a purpose. They propel us through...
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Writing and Ego
Writing was an exercise in ego when I began, at age six or so. I’ll never forget the rush I had, when Mrs Rhodes, my Year Three teacher, shared my story with the class. The Children of Apple Tree...
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The Doors of Perception and Phosphorescence
‘The eye recovers some of the perceptual innocence of childhood, when the sensum was not immediately and automatically subordinated to the concept.’ -Aldous Huxley, The Doors of Perception ‘You taught...
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