Random Objects in Sale

Random Objects in Sale

This morning was the second regular Young Writers Group at the Sale Library. At my face to face sessions, I like to play with writing prompts that are unexpected. This morning, I collected a number of random objects and put them in my ‘Mystery Box’. Items...
Keeping Warm in Monash

Keeping Warm in Monash

It’s freezing at the moment. Even driving to Young Writers Group in Mount Waverley today, I was blasting the heater. What better writing prompt, than to find out creative ways to stay warm. This was the first question today: List creative ways to keep warm. Here...
Mentor Texts

Mentor Texts

This afternoon at Young Writers Group, we were discussing mentor texts, only that’s not we called them. If you’ve never heard of a mentor text, essentially it’s a book or piece of text that can serve as a good example of a piece of writing. I set the...
Write your story

Write your story

I have seen quite a few posts recently from people wanting to publish a book and not knowing where to start. My advice is always to start by writing the story. Most publishers want to know there is a completed manuscript waiting for them if they love what you submit...
To Be Read – Part Two

To Be Read – Part Two

Yesterday, I finished reading So This is Love by Elizabeth Lim. This was book six in my pile of books from my To Be Read shelf. You can read about those books here. I found this to be helpful with my reading as it didn’t feel like my choice of books to read was so...
Making Progress on a new story

Making Progress on a new story

The other day, I posted that I was getting back to using 750words.com to work on a new story. The thing I didn’t mention was that when I first got into writing chapter books, my kids were 8 and 10, and they would get up in the morning and ask to read my new...