After I married an Australian I discovered that New Zealanders and Australians were rather a different breed of people from each other. In fact I think I spent ten years discovering how very different they are. However after last nioght’s performance by Wil Anderson I’m once again reminded in just how much Australians and New [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘creativity’
May 8, 2009
When free is not a good thing to be
I was asked to come and talk to a new client this week. They had a range of different writing and marketing needs that were going to be outsourced.
We got talking, and found I was on the same page immediately. The vibe as good, the creative juices flowing, and within half an hour we had mapped [...]
April 23, 2009
Free can bring in the big deals.
I’m going to tell you a little story- but because it’s kind of sorted and I don’t want to RUIN the business I’m talking about it’s not going to be specific- I’m not into making people destitute through my writing!
A few weeks ago I was talking to someone who had a new product that I [...]
March 28, 2009
The secrets of food styling
I’ve been helping with the food styling for M2 Woman- it’s something I started to love when I was working with Jo Seagar on her last book.
My mum (nice to keep it all in the family) is the cook and photographer and she found a crazy list of tips for food styling- I love it. [...]
March 26, 2009
Rotorua: Not just a smelly hotspot
I’ve just spent the last two days presenting seminars in Rotorua. Besides the fact I’m tired, I’m feeling pretty refreshed in my spirit. There is something quite magical about doing the things you know you are born to do. I love getting up and presenting, and teaching. It’s one of my favourite things.
I woke up [...]
March 11, 2009
Making most of those freelance quiet times
To be honest I don’t have them very often. I had a quiet break about three years ago for a week, and since then it’s been pretty full on.
On Monday I woke to no work to do. For the first time ever I had nothing on. I spent the day doing normal things. Cleaning out [...]
March 1, 2009
Eating for focus
I recently went back to my gluten free lifestyle and since the beginning of the year, for some reason, I’m off dairy. Even my beloved yoghurt has taken a back seat to soy.
I’m just not enjoying it anymore. I am not too sure why or what’s happened, but the desires for slabs of cheese, milk, [...]
October 19, 2008
NEW SONG: Another Man’s Shoes
I write songs for way it makes me feel- But I’m planning to record a few of the ones I’ve written this year.
This is my newest one (well the lyrics anyway!)
ANOTHER MAN’S SHOES
It’s my simple pattern
Never my rhythm
I’m always a beat out of time
Just when I’m thinking
I’ve put in new batteries
I find there’s no difference [...]
September 22, 2008
Losing your freedom to write
If you are a fiction author planning a book with weird and wonderful sexual practices, or copious amounts of murder, is there a worry of “what would my mother think?”
Losing that inner censor of the people around you is essential to write what is inside you to write
It’s the same what ever the genre- are [...]
September 20, 2008
What makes it a story?
I’ve been thinking about what makes a story interesting. In the end, it’s really the juxtaposition of two opposing points that in isolation are often very normal on their own
For example, I have three children. Put us in a rural area (which is where we were started) and that size fmaily seems normal. Move us [...]
