My Writing Day
One day a week. That’s all I have for my own writing. And when I say ‘day’ I don’t mean a whole day, I mean a school day, between about 9:30 and 3:00pm. Also minus the school holidays. And minus time spent hanging out the washing, catching up on my day job, making cups of…
Done! For now at least…
With apologies to those who already know, via Facebook and Twitter – I sent the draft manuscript to my editor at Text Publishing late last week. Very happy. Subsequently spent a relaxing weekend in the garden, and celebrating Mother’s Day with my gorgeous kids. No deadlines, no pressure – bliss. Next steps? The editor edits…
How to finish a manuscript
Well, by not spending time writing blog posts, obviously. The manuscript must go to the publisher (for editing) in about week, so the last little while has been just a teensy bit frantic. I kind of finished working on the text a few weeks ago, and since then I have: drawn up a Macarthur family…
Helen Garner and me
So I’m reading an article about Helen Garner in the Weekend Oz magazine. It’s an excerpt from a new book about her, called A Writing Life: Helen Garner and Her Work by Bernadette Brennan. Then I read this: [After discarding a third draft of the Farquharson book] Garner once again contemplated dropping the whole project but she…