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Best Fan Art Ever
My daughter Raeli brought home a mother’s day gift for me today from school, and was determined that I open it on the spot, since I’ll be away for the Aurealis Awards on the morning of Mother’s Day...
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My daughter adored this vid, so I thought I’d better archive it on my blog so she can rewatch multiple (more) times. She loves Van Gogh’s work so much, and studies it about as intently as any seven...
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Jellybean Sick Day
Home for the second day in a row with a flu-sick seven year old. It’s not fun. Poor thing has high temperatures and even higher misery levels. At least yesterday, Jem was at daycare, but today she’s...
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Shakespeare and a Seven Year Old
We have a new TV. This is a big deal for us because the previous TV had been with us for 14 years – I bought it with the first cheque I earned as a writer! Also, Raeli hates any change at all and got...
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Good Sports, Bad Sports
Australian rowers Kim Crow and Brooke Pratley – winning silver is not losing.Australia won two gold medals last night, which is lovely, especially for champion cyclist Anna Mears and champion hurdler...
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Happy Alice
We have survived Jemima’s birthday! I wanted to do something special for her because she missed out on a party last year, as the whole family was sick, and ever since January when half the people she...
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Book Week: Google Buns and Midnight Feasts
So, Enid Blyton. I don’t even know where to start with talking about Enid Blyton books, and the influence they had on my reading as a child. I know that I was reading chapter books early enough that I...
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Glueing with Peanut Butter
I have been working on my novel edits, honestly, even if they have brought along with them the most titanic attempts of procrastination than I have ever experienced before. My favourite clanger that I...
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Too Many Pirate Captains
A friend of mine likes to point out to her children when they are having idyllic childhoods. Picnics by the river, cuddling piles of squealing kids on a trampoline, gingerbread daleks at Christmas....
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What Geek Girls Wear (Is None of Your Business)
Superheroes are hot right now. So hot, in fact, that some of the merch (occasionally) gets targeted at girls. When sparkly pink and black retro Batgirl, Supergirl and Wonder Woman t-shirts first turned...
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Baby Give Me One More Ribbon!
A delightful package in the post today. Doctor Who convention Gallifrey One is legendary for its ribbon exchanges between fans, and I was completely squeeful when Erika and Deb of Verity! told me that...
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The Best Excuse for Cake
So it’s my 35th birthday! It was a pretty chilled out day. My presents so far have mostly included chocolate and tea which is most pleasing and appropriate, though I’ve also received a couple of rather...
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Worst Witch Week!
You know what? A lot of kids assemblies at school are pretty dire. When you’ve gone to a lot of them – especially with a wriggly, unhappy toddler dragged along – it gets to a point where there’s only...
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Fear Them [WHO-50—2006]
It is a rainy Hobart afternoon and four children (my eldest daughter, my godson & his two brothers) have just finished watching Fear Her. After a bit of squabbling about who was the villain of the...
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Ice Warrior Fashion Week
It’s been a weird week. I gave my talk on Wednesday night with Lian Tanner – between us we chatted a lot about creativity, about keeping score as writers, and what with one thing and another we kept...
View ArticleThings To Be Excited About (Writing and Parenting Edition)
I missed out on the fun & professional inspiration of Genrecon this weekend, which would normally have been pretty depressing, but I got to hang out with my snuggly family and watch a bunch of...
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The Shape of 2013 (how it was)
I wasn’t going to do one of these this year. 2013 has been a bit of a crazy, scattered blur in many ways. But then I read my 2012 post and was so pleased I had noted things down for future reference....
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ROBOTECH REWATCH 19: Make Movies, Not War
Robotech will be rewatched after these messages! This one has a film premiere, a love square and an extra blog commentary by my nine-year-old co-conspirator in this rewatch. Episode 21 – A New Dawn...
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