One Prompt, Multiple Stories

One Prompt, Multiple Stories

We had a lot of fun in Virtual Writers Group last week, and came up with a fun challenge for participants. Starting this week, we are going to start a series of sessions where we look at using one prompt to write multiple stories. Why are we doing this? We wanted to...
Blind Date with a Book – Feb 2020

Blind Date with a Book – Feb 2020

Last night, I had a lot of fun at the Reader’s Emporium Blind Date with a Book. The last one I went to was nearly two years ago! One great drawcard was that the event is walking distance from home and it was a beautiful evening, so I decided to walk, though I...
Writer’s Group Kickstarts for 2020

Writer’s Group Kickstarts for 2020

One of the best things about starting a new year, is starting Young Writer’s Group for a new year. It’s always so much fun to work with the young writers in the group, sharing with them life as an author as well as seeing their own writing develop over...
Chocolate Prompt for Christmas

Chocolate Prompt for Christmas

This time of year is always met with a tinge of sadness as it’s the final session of Young Writers Group of the year. As promised, we finished the year with a favourite – The Chocolate Writing Prompt. This time, I chose a different box of the Cadbury...
Mystery Box Magic – In the Dark!!

Mystery Box Magic – In the Dark!!

Today was one of the more interesting workshops I’ve run… the power went out about half way through the workshop! This was the school holiday workshop at Monash Public Library in Mount Waverley, a regular group I’ve been working with for the last few...
Story time in Heyfield

Story time in Heyfield

Today I had a wonderful time at the Heyfield Wetlands doing story time as part of their Kids Fun Day. I haven’t done a story time like this before, so it was a bit of an adventure. I raided my Picture Book shelf for some of our favourite picture books that the...