Thank You for 2016.
No, I´m not being sarcastic. 2016 brought good things: a fabulous online self-editing course with Debbie Alper and Emma Darwin; getting perhaps my last taste of the Geneva Writers’ Conference… more
Planting Trees
You may have noticed that I’ve changed something on my website. Touch just one person and it’s all been worthwhile. Don’t worry, I’m still all over the place in the… more
Nightmares, dreams and video games
I´m no good at chess and poker, can´t play bridge, think ahead and hardly ever make longer-term plans, at least not ones that I finally stick to. Dreams, though, are… more
On opinions and writings
Recently, a young woman I didn’t know blogged about being opinionated and whether or not her views might harm her writing career. I enjoyed her post, as I hope you… more
Write drunk, they say. So be it!
We’ve just had a surprise visit from dear friends from my Australian youth, and last night took them up for some wine in the Viennese vineyards where tourists can’t tread,… more
Playing politics in Austr(al)ia and some publishing tricks
I used to smile at the links between the country of my birth and that of my passport – the No Kangaroos in Austria slogan on T-shirts and fridge magnets,… more
Remembering Dorothy – more than 20 years with the GWG
Attending the 10th Geneva Writers’ Conference, this time on a weekend of sunshine, had me thinking back to before the first conference and when I came to writing at forty… more
I want uplift
Everyday in the news there is awful stuff invariably about some politician or other, be s/he in the US, Australia, China, Austria, UK, France, wherever. I’ve been reacting to much… more
So tell me I’m mad
So tell me I’m mad. But if you look at what’s happening around the world there really does seem to be a pattern of fear. No, not just the dastardly… more