When is the best time to pitch your work to a publisher? How many rewrites, how long should you keep going before you bite the bullet and get your work out there? Allen and Unwin makes…
Writing in the Kingdom
Which kingdom? You may well ask! Amazingly in our modern world there are still quite a few. I have had the pleasure in visiting a couple on my writing trips. A few years back the Kingdom…
The gift of writing
When you make a book you are making a gift for the world. A gift is a talking point, a gesture, the beginning of a conversation, an opening. When you doubt yourself, you close down, you…
Launching in New York
Breaking News! In July I’ve been invited to launch my latest book and cabaret, Archipelagogo – Love Songs To Indonesia, in NewYork City at the Bowery Poetry Club. Read more I just need a little help…
Talking about the writing process
I was recently invited by Suzanne McCourt to join the Writing Process Blog Tour. The idea is you answer four questions (as below) and invite another writer or writers to post on their own blogs in…
Writers Journey Blog – A Story from Kabul
Indochine Journey, Vietnam. Aug 16-30, 2014. Following the footsteps of Marguerite Duras. Moroccan Caravan, Nov 6 – 19. Ride a desert caravan into the heart of your writin Birth Your Book in 9 months! an intensive…
Timetabling your time to write
UPCOMING TRIPS Indochine Journey, Vietnam. Aug 16-31, 2014. Following the footsteps of Marguerite Duras. Backstage Bali, Sept 25 – Oct 6. Join a writing retreat on the edge of a volcano before attending the Ubud Writers…
Each writing moment
BALI FIJI BURMA MOROCCO LAOS VIETNAM Breakthrough Writing in Fiji. March 8-15, 2014. Eat, Snorkle, Write, in Fiji’s hidden paradise. Indochine Journey, Vietnam. Aug 15-31, 2014. Following the footsteps of Marguerite Duras. Backstage…
Writing in the New Year
BALI FIJI BURMA MOROCCO LAOS VIETNAM Breakthrough Writing in Fiji. March 8-15, 2014. Eat, Snorkle, Write, in Fiji’s hidden paradise. Indochine Journey, Vietnam. Aug 15-31, 2014. Following the footsteps of Marguerite Duras. Backstage…
Finish what you start
BALI FIJI BURMA MOROCCO LAOS VIETNAM Moroccan Caravan. Jan 9-22, 2014 – Fez, Tissardmine, Erg Chebbi, Marrakech – a 12 day desert journey. Temple Writing In Burma Feb 11-23 – 2014 inc. Irrawaddy…
Coming home to your writing
BALI FIJI BURMA MOROCCO LAOS VIETNAM When you travel as often as I do, coming home is a simple pleasure, and for us writers, just as important as the trip away. This time…
Getting the spring back into your (writing) step
BALI FIJI BURMA MOROCCO LAOS VIETNAM When writing becomes a chore and it all seems too difficult, how do you get the bounce back into your creative process? We all know the feeling…