by admin | Jun 23, 2022 | Blog, Writers Group
This afternoon, I ran a workshop at Monash Library in Mount Waverley. We were having fun with the murder mystery writing prompt when one of the participants asked for suggestions for a name. She had an idea of the character, and wanted a name that would have been from...
by admin | Jan 11, 2022 | Blog, Writers Group
This morning in Virtual Writers Group, we did a writing prompt around shoes. This led to a discussion about creating brand names. Often, writers want to use fictional brand names in their writing rather than real ones. This could be due to not wanting to worry about...
by admin | Aug 6, 2015 | Q & A
Recently Renee Price from Create It Kids asked me “How do you pronounce your Surname?” It’s a Dutch surname that’s pronounced “Gizz-Burz”. The G is soft as in Go. When my Opa (grandfather) came to Australia, immigration asked what...
