Archive for the ‘imagination’ Category
Writing Inspiation
Posted in book tours, imagination, Inspiration, location free living, middle grade fiction, simply writing, Time to write, writing life, tagged living the writing dream, the writing habit, The writing life on December 12, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Living in Abundace
Posted in imagination, Inspiration, location free living, Simple living, Time to write, writing budget, writing inspiration, tagged a writer's life, Coffs Harbour, Lisa Messenger, living the writing dream on December 7, 2015| 1 Comment »
Found ‘Money + Mindfulness, Living in Abundance’ by Lisa Messenger in a newsagency at Coffs Harbour. Now all I have to do is wrestle it off my daughter.
Reading, writing and growing up…
Posted in Choosing the writing life, creativity, imagination, Inspiration, Reading, Stories, teens and creativity, teens and writing, voice, Writing, writing inspiration, writing life, tagged Growing up writing, The writing life on November 14, 2014| Leave a Comment »
When I grow up I want to be a writer…
When my brother grows up he wants to be a rock star…
When my children grow up they will look at their mother and their uncle and see a pair of old crazies doing what they wanna do and being what they wanna be, yeah…
When you grow you grow up, what do you want to be?
Campfire Stories…
Posted in Fiction, imagination, Inspiration, Stories, Writing, writing life, tagged camping, fiction writing, Stories, travel on November 2, 2014| 1 Comment »
The smell of smoke from a real campfire is different from the smell of smog or cigarette smoke. In the city, those are the only types of smoke I get – but today I’m sitting before my campfire, which my sister built from gathered wood and newspaper, peeling a stick so I can toast marshmallows with it. Above me, I can see a thousand stars and bats fly overhead in swarms. As I look up at the night sky I imagine I’m a pioneer.
Shops like BCF and Anaconda encourage a belief that to venture into the bush, one needs the latest top-notch equipment. Super-strength chairs, microfiber jumpers, expensive and oh-so-fancy sports shoes. Yet here I am, sitting in the dirt, in old jiggers and the same woolen jumper I’ve been wearing all week. We toast marshmallows – which, according to my sister, means burning them to a crisp. ‘It’s burnt and tasteless,’ she says. ‘I like that in a marshmallow.’
To me, the bush isn’t about high tech and fancy. To me, the bush is what we are doing right now – sitting with family and friends, rejoicing in the simplicity, while smoke from a real campfire fills my nostrils.
Sam
Books and illustrations
Posted in Books, creativity, Illustrating, imagination, Inspiration, Teen Fiction, tagged Books and illustrations, books and inspiration, illustrating books, mentoring young writers and illustrators, teen illustrators on September 15, 2014| 3 Comments »
Part of my role as teacher is to mentor young writers and illustrators. My young friends, Therese and Brianna, share their work with us. The question: who gets the chocolate frog for best illustration? Let the voting begin….
