Archive for the ‘Simple living’ Category
The benefits of writing off-grid and offline
Posted in Choosing the writing life, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, writing inspiration, writing life, tagged Camping Australia, Sofala, technology free living, The writing life, Upper Turon, writing offline on January 17, 2016| 2 Comments »
Missed opportunities et al
Posted in Choosing the writing life, homeschooling, Simple living, simply writing, Stories, Writing, writing inspiration, writing life, tagged a writer's life, homeschooling, RVing with kids, the business of writing, The writing life, Writing in Australia on January 10, 2016| Leave a Comment »
It’s thirty something degrees today and we decided to go for a swim at the local dam, Carcoar Dam for those that know the Bathurst/Orange area of NSW.
What we didn’t count on was people wanting to buy our books – and our writing courses.
The problem was our vehicle.
And me.
Before I launch my online writing courses I read that I needed three of ’em and so I’ve waited.
And procrastinated.
And missed an opportunity to upscale my business, damn it!!
A lady named Darlene is heading around Australia with her hubby and three kids.
And they all wanna write.
And they saw my vehicle.
And.
Writing in the rain
Posted in Inspiration, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, Time to write, writing fiction, writing inspiration, writing life, tagged Goulburn, living the writing dream on January 5, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun
Posted in Choosing the writing life, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, teens and creativity, writing life, tagged inspiration for writers, living the writing dream, The writing life on January 1, 2016| Leave a Comment »
Season’s Greetings from Goulburn
Posted in book tours, indie publishing, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, Time to write, tagged Goulburn, the Australian Bush, The writing life on December 26, 2015| Leave a Comment »
10 Reasons to Attend a Writers’ Retreat
Posted in book tours, Choosing the writing life, indie publishing, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, Time to write, writing fiction, writing life, Writing retreats, tagged Australian literature, australian writers, Christmas in Australia, fiction writing, retreats on December 20, 2015| 1 Comment »
It’s officially the end of Week 3 of our Book Tour and our time on the farm, and our retreat, is at an end.
Here’s what we learnt:
- Horses can eat water lilies out of their dam and survive
- 36 degrees is unpleasant no matter where you are
- taking time out is important, so important that I think this should be number 1
- Cleaning is a great way to get out of writing and our caravan is now spotless
- Christmas Book Tours are fun as long as you have a farm to come home to
- You can write wherever you are but sitting under a shady tree watching donkeys and goats increases productivity
- Being still increases productivity
- Taking time to look back is important…it shows you how far you’ve come
- taking time to look forward is important, too, and what better time is there to plan out the new year than when you’re feeling good about point number 8
- Taking time now to do nothing much except write (and clean and sell books and go for long walks in the bush and swim in the sea and watch horses eat grass and count the stars in the night sky) is the best time of all.
Writer in Retreat: a Week ’til Christmas in the Australian Bush
Posted in Choosing the writing life, Inspiration, location free living, romance writing, Simple living, Time to write, writing inspiration, Writing retreats, tagged An Australian Christmas, Romance Writing, simple living, the Australian Bush on December 19, 2015| 2 Comments »
It’s 9.00am and, as I wander around our borrowed farm, already the animals have retreated to the shade; horses under overhanging oaks, donkeys resting under river gums and the goat hiding in his shed. Only the whippets join me on my walk, determined not to miss an adventure, regardless of the heat.
With only a couple of days left of our farm-sit, I’m contemplating the idea of hitting the highway to continue our journey south to join our family for Christmas. But part of me wants to stay here in my paddock, surrounded by nature, and only emerge when this crazy week is done.
Dear Santa,
Please send our pressies to the shack at the bottom of the track in the paddock in the middle of forest out the back of the highway. There’s plenty of grass, waterways and companionship for your reindeer and your way will be lit by a million stars.
Love a romance writer in retreat
Flowers or weeds: choosing the way we see – Writer’s Retreat Day 2
Posted in book tours, Choosing the writing life, Inspiration, location free living, Simple living, simply writing, writing inspiration, writing life, Writing retreats, tagged Bulahdelah, nature as inspiration, The writing life on December 15, 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.
Goodbye house, hello freedom…
Posted in books and creativity, Choosing the writing life, location free living, Simple living, writing and money, Writing and research, writing budget, writing life, tagged indie authors, simple living, The writing life on November 5, 2014| Leave a Comment »
Simple living has a lot to recommend it…freedom for a start!!!
Being an Indie author comes with a price. In order to take back one’s soul one must define what really matters. My freedom is what matters to me…but I’ll miss my pool, dishwasher and tropical palm fringed beach. Well, I can still camp on the beach:))
And my vege patch…
growing up writing 