I completed my tax paperwork for last financial year (YES!) and posted a bunch of documents to my accountant earlier today. While paying the postage fee for this letter, the Australia Post clerk exclaimed how she couldn’t believe it was already September, and we discussed how fast the year had disappeared. Of course, I knew […]
I mentioned in my Who Inspires You? post earlier this year that I plunged into writing after reading a Julie Lessman novel. Yes, her story inspired me to write, but it wasn’t the sole reason. When I was a teenager, I read a heap of Christian fiction. My mum had (and still has) an extensive […]
You know those moments in life where you envisaged you’d have some downtime to put your feel up, relax, and maybe read a book for an entire day? I imagined experiencing a handful of “lazy days” during the winter school holidays, but so far… I’ve been busier than usual. Between reclaiming the laundry and washing […]
This past week has been a blur of busyness. An intensive day of baking. Long days without a dishwasher. Time spent scrubbing walls, rearranging furniture, and unstacking and re-stacking bookshelves. Alphabetising books, organising the chaotic rumpus room, and finding lost things. With all this “manual labour”, I’ve been thinking. A lot. Inspiration comes in many […]
The last two weeks were hectic, and it seems May will be just as chaotic. So I’m taking a break from my writing cave to say a quick “Hello!” and share some news. Some good and some… not so good. The good news is this story I’m writing is humming along! The bad news? I […]
It’s not news that I enjoy reading—whether it’s an e-book on my phone or a physical “breathe in the scent” paperback—but I’ve not been one to listen to audiobooks. I find it easier to snatch rare moments reading on my phone, like while I fold washing or sit in the school car park waiting for […]
