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Speculating about fiction: October 2010
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A blog about writing, editing and teaching - and life in general. Con report day 4: part 2. Editing the novel" with Simon Spanton, Zoe Walton, Jean Johnson and Ginjer Buchanan. Spanton said he had one book he was editing that was too long and so he took two lines off every page and made further suggestions for cutting and returned it to the author, and the second draft came back 10,000 words longer than the first. [I'm glad I'm not the only writer who is capable of that! Spanton talked about using big ma...
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Speculating about fiction: March 2010
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A blog about writing, editing and teaching - and life in general. Student first chapters and outlines - a great way to get a feel for what my students are going to be working on this year, though sometimes one will change horses midway through, but that's okay. Over the last few weeks, my husband and I have been watching a series of motivational talks on TED.com. We've watched all kinds of things, including a fascinating talk on statistics. Yeah, I know. Go figure. Online teaching (and face-to-face).
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Speculating about fiction: Con report: day 4: part 1
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A blog about writing, editing and teaching - and life in general. Con report: day 4: part 1. I took in five panels on my final day of the con, so here's the rundown. The series question: big books chopped up or small books glued together" with Ian Irvine, David Cornish, Kate Forsyth, Lara Morgan and Mif Farquharson (although, looking at my notes, I haven't written down anything she said so it may be she was very quiet, or perhaps she wasn't there. I can't remember now.). Irvine said his first book went t...
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Speculating about fiction: May 2011
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A blog about writing, editing and teaching - and life in general. What makes a great poem? Without subscribing to any kind of cultural cringe, I have to admit to sometimes looking at the American poetry publishing scene with envy - poets like Ted Kooser and Billy Collins, Mary Oliver and Maya Angelou, who write amazing poetry that's brilliantly conceived and executed and yet easily accessible to most readers. Where are Australia's great poets writing in this vein? And informative - packed with great advi...
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Speculating about fiction: Con report: day 1
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A blog about writing, editing and teaching - and life in general. Con report: day 1. The first session I attended was in the academic stream - a talk by Gillian Polack on Writers and their history: how writers use and view the historical aspects of their settings. Polack is a historian, and I've attended her sessions at other cons, and they're always well informed and interesting, so I knew I had to see this one. The second session I went to was called "Steal the past, build the future: new histories for...
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Write!: June 2008
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Welcome to Scribbly's blog - Thoughts on writing and on life. Sunday, June 29, 2008. Back In The Saddle Again. Another cliched post title. Come to think of it, I'm full of cliches. Maybe that's what's wrong with my writing. Then again. romance (and probably many other genres) can be cliched, which is not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes cliches provide an element of predictability that - if not over the top - can be comforting for a reader. Sunday, June 22, 2008. Burnin' Down The House. But though I wa...
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Write!: What Scribbly Didn't Do
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Welcome to Scribbly's blog - Thoughts on writing and on life. Thursday, November 5, 2009. What Scribbly Didn't Do. Scribbly started out this year with such promise, and then completely dashed all her hopes of being able to sustain a steady blogging stream. It seemed so easy when there were holidays and loads of free time to commit to frequent posts that would continue throughout the year. Here we are, in November, and the posts have not even been far and few in between. They have been non-existent. Writi...
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Write!: June 2009
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Welcome to Scribbly's blog - Thoughts on writing and on life. Wednesday, June 3, 2009. Since the last post. Oh, my. I have done it again, haven't I? But compared to 'The God of Small Things', this book is quite tongue-in-cheek and irreverent. Both books paint a picture of India as a fascinating, enigmatic, infuriating land of great disparity and mystery. For now, it's a place I prefer to read about. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). If music be the food of love. The Time Traveler's Wife - Audrey Niffenegger.
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch: The pump
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Meanwhile, back at the ranch. Friday, October 25, 2013. So the pump at the shed has been reliably pumping water for goodness knows how long. When you spend time at the big shed, you can hear it's whirr and whistle as it periodically turns itself on to re-pressurise. Of course, you can hear it when you turn on the tap too. It grinds along, while the water comes out of the tap with as much pressure as you want. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile. The horse and I.
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On Resonance: Chocolate Fondant
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Sunday, 21 September 2008. Magazine has a recipe for Chocolate Fondant, so I thought I would give this recipe a try. Upon looking at the list of ingredients, I was skeptical as to whether it would work. However, to my surprise, the puddings were a success! Chocolate Fondant (serves 6). 200g high quality dark chocolate. 240g unsalted butter, in blocks. 30g flour, sifted. In another bowl, beat together the eggs and sugar until the mixture is light and foamy. Fold in the chocolate mixture and sifted flo...
