Treasure! The beginnings…
Pirates! The beginnings.. About eight years ago, I wrote a picture book story based on an ‘auto-correct’ phrase. Not one I made, but one that another poet conjured when we were part of a summer poetry blog called A Poem A Day. A Poem A Day was set up by...
Iceberg: From Idea to Book
Iceberg: From Idea to Book Picture books do not happen overnight. No books do. But man it’s exciting when they finally do make it into the world. What begins as a word or an idea, and grows and changes endlessly before submission. This story began as a poem...
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Did you Know? I’ve been back working on my wip today and I desperately wanted to include ‘swash’, but no matter how many times I rework the lines, it just won’t fit. The shallow wave wash that pushes up the beach after a wave breaks has a name!...Filling the Well
Filling the well Writing can drain your brain. Well, it certainly can drain mine. I try to keep topping up during a project, but when I’ve handed in a project, or finished editing I find that it’s helpful to consciously refill the well. That means walking...Bursting!
It’s been a big week!Emu has been shortlisted for the Environment Award. Then there was lunch with Walker and Black Dog peoples from both sides of book-making. I received my copies of the US version of ‘Emu’. It has a dust jacket and looks very...From Facebook
From Aireys Inlet to Queenscliff and Geelong independent bookshops shine. Thank you to Great Escape Books Torquay Books Wadawurrung Bookgrove The Bookshop at Queenscliff The Book Bird and Dymocks Waurn Ponds for making Jess Racklyeft and I so welcome yesterday on our Volcano coastal bookshop tour. Thanks Reem and Allen & Unwin #wander #wonder
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Pink moon aka micromoon. Full and far away. #wonder
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Autumn-leafing. #wander #wonder
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