Tag Archives: critique

Around and About

November was a busy month! A year ago, These Broken Stars was at auction, and Meg and I were biting our nails and wondering where the journey would take us. Fast forward a year, and we’ve just finished with our first … Continue reading

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BTW: Building, Critiques, Pitches and The Girl Savage

B: Beyond The Blog Oh, internet. I am almost home! For the last couple of months we’ve been in and out of our house as walls were demolished and bathrooms were built and strange things were done by tradesmen, many … Continue reading

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Show Me The Voice!

Beginnings are everything. If your story doesn’t grab the reader at the start, you may not have a reader for the rest of it! This weekend, the ever fabulous Brenda Drake is hosting the Show Me The Voice Blogfest/Contest. Participants … Continue reading

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BTW: Moomba, WriteOnCon, First Lines, Scents and Sighs

B: Beyond The Blog Hooray for public holidays! It’s Labour Day on Monday here in Victoria (that’s my state, for the non-Aussies reading along), which means a three day weekend. Woo! We’ll be spending the long weekend painting the house … Continue reading

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Blogging: Are You Doing It Right?

First! Take a look at the new widget down the right hand side of the page. People, WriteOnCon dates have been announced! Start your countdown, mark the dates in your calendar, book time off work, farm out your kids, you … Continue reading

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3 Steps for Improving Your Critique, by a Conflict and Communication Professional

This was originally posted in October 2010, then lost in the great blog crash of November 2010. Here it is, salvaged for your reading enjoyment. Sadly, there were no survivors amongst the original comments. I still vividly remember the first … Continue reading

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Tell Me What You Really Think, And Win!

Sorry I’m late! We caught the very tail end of Tropical Cyclone Yasi, which down our way is manifesting as torrential rain. There were people kayaking in my suburb yesterday. Our house is fine, being raised up a little. We … Continue reading

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