Saw Kisschasy, Yellowcard and Good Charlotte last night in Bendigo. 15 year old me is thriving and it was banger after banger after banger. One of the best concerts I’ve been to.
There’s something magical about the exhaustion that comes after a night of seeing live music. I just ate a giant bowl of pasta and I’m now going to merge into the couch with a book.
"QUT will become the new custodian of Meanjin, Australia's most eminent literary journal, bringing the publication back to Brisbane 80 years after it relocated to Melbourne."
So um, what the fuck was all that about then, UniMelb?
www.qut.edu.au/news?id=203300
You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.
I hope you cut yourself some slack when you're tired or when pushing through wouldn't serve you or the work
Whoops off to bed #writingcommunity #amwriting #writerslife
I haven't had the space to write in the last few days, until tonight. I'm very tired. But amongst it all, some words have been written tonight. We also have a project name change - Project Bone to Project Rune. Better aligned as the world has evolved. #writingcommunity
iconic honestly
Trixie, black kelpie with brown paws and mouth, giving the most bombastic eye.
Trixie hopes you enjoyed the words you wrote today
(I haven’t written yet, hence the side eye)
Read the whole thread. "If your art didn’t matter, they wouldn’t be working so hard to steal it."
It's going to be so interesting to do. I didn't know this was where the story was going, but then oh no someone was murdered!!! It's been a fun experiment to dabble in. As an outliner for all other projects, I think there is going to be a point where I go ok I have no idea what is next ahh!
In the beginning, this novel was being pants with only two plot points in mind. But now I have reached a point where I have an idea of where I'm going and I've now created the goal posts to mark the beats. It's a fantasy murder mystery! How fun! #amwriting #writingcommunity
Wondering why you should write now with the world the way it is? Have you taken time recently to read a book? Was it a welcome relief? A moment of calm? Of normalcy? Sure it was. That's why you need to write, so your book can be that for someone else. And, of course, you do it for yourself too.
Stop scrolling & post two characters who bring you happiness.
Today was the first day back to work for the year. It was hard. I was tired. I wanted to go to bed early. But I sat down to the laptop and got it done. Even hit word count, somehow. Time for sleep.
#writingcommunity #amwriting
It might be helpful right now to remember that collective achievements for the common good are possible. We don’t know the names of everyone who contributed to this and some are probably lost to history. But all of their individual contributions mattered.
Yesterday I woke up feeling like hardly anyone’s reading my work and no one cares. Then I opened an email from someone telling me they loved one of my stories and how important they feel it is. All this to say, let people know when you like their art. Your words can find them when they most need it.
#booksky #writingsky
A list of 21 debut authors who almost appeared at a writers’ festival.
Imagine you were about to appear at a writers' festival to talk about your first book... then the whole thing fell apart.
I wanted to find debut authors who almost talked at Adelaide Writers' Week. These are 21 folks I've identified so far but *please* let me know who I've missed or mixed up.
I finished it. 5⭐️. No notes. Did in fact cry multiple times.
Half way through and the tears have hit. Oh no.
Not apocalyptic looking at all
100/124 writers due at Adelaide Writers Festival have pulled out, as has sponsor, the Australia Institute. I'm loving this display of solidarity, and rejection of racism and Islamophobia.
Bendigo Writers Festival, Meanjin, now Adelaide Writers … powerful vested interests would rather destroy the cultural institutions they are supposedly responsible for than allow certain voices to be heard
night shades is OPEN!
🛸 500 words max, any speculative
🛸 sim subs ok (multiples not)
🛸 quick response and pro+ pay
please read the guidelines!
www.nightshadesmag.com/submissions/
If you can leave, leave now. Vic Emergency at tonight’s briefing in Seymour. Emergency services will *not* be able to swoop into the middle of these fires tomorrow. #VicFires
Hi, bushfire survivor here and NSW RFS volunteer.
If you think you are going to stay and defend your property...Don't.
You are not prepared for the intense radiant heat, the ember showers, the smoke, the collapse of all of your energy.
If you have been instructed to leave.
Leave early.
#Bushfire
Congratulations!!!
Sure do - @bluepit.bsky.social
#BluePit is one that is happening this month, all genres and age groups!
