November 5, 2024
In mid-October 2024, Australian author Tess Woods and her incredible team pulled off an extraordinary day of panel discussion panels with authors of genre fiction. This included speculative fiction, crime, romance, children’s books and historical fiction. It was such an inspiring day, both as a reader and a writer. Word is that next year the […]
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November 2, 2024
Welcome back to 6 Degrees of Separation where book lovers all start with the same title (supplied by Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest). We then link it to six other books in whatever way our brains make connections. This month’s starting book is Intermezzo, Sally Rooney’s latest novel. Intermezzo is an interlude between acts of a […]
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October 22, 2024
I recently had a request for list of 2025 writing competitions for young writers in Australia. Although I keep a list of upcoming competitions and other publishing opportunities, I usually wait until I have definite details and closing dates, which often don’t happen until a particular competition is launched in any given year. However, I […]
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October 5, 2024
Welcome to another 6 Degrees of Separation. Kate from booksaremyfavouriteandbest provides the name of a book. Link that title to another in any way your brain makes connections. Repeat until you have created a chain of six books in addition to the one that started it all. Let us know where you ended up! This […]
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October 1, 2024
Who fascinates you? Perhaps it’s an ancestor you’ve learned you have something in common with. Maybe it’s someone who didn’t fit the mold of the time and society in which they lived. It might be someone you still know well in your own life today. It could even be you. My current fascination is with […]
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September 30, 2024
I recently had a friend tell me her son had created an imaginary world, but was worried about not being able to get his creative ideas out of his head. I love encouraging and supporting into young writers, so I’m developing a series of prompts to help him share the world he’s creating. Maybe these […]
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September 30, 2024
What do Jackie French, Dav Pilkey and Agatha Christie have in common? Yes, they are all well-established and popular writers. They also all have dyslexia. And they are featured in Brilliant Minds: 30 Dyslexic Heroes who Changed Our World, written by Shannon Meyerkort and illustrated by Amy Blackwell. Shannon initially wrote her book Brilliant Minds for […]
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September 2, 2024
I recently realised that ten years has passed since I published my first (very brief) blog post, here on Treefall Writing. Turns out that so much can change in 10 years, and so much can stay the same. This has prompted me to think about time in the context of memoir and family history. So, […]
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