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Grant Me Motivation
A few months ago I attended an ASA seminar on applying for writing grants. I always expect to come out of such talks feeling motivated and ready to take on the world, however invariably it’s the...
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The City That Never Sleeps
Sometimes the world works in strange ways. Wonderful, but strange. You may remember late last year I attended a workshop on applying for grants (and blogged about some of the things I learned), then in...
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The Big Apple
As some may remember, last year I received a travel grant to attend the New York Winter SCBWI conference, as well as meet my publisher and US agent. Over a week ago, after boarding a plane, travelling...
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Visual Diary #1
As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been keeping a kind of visual diary of different things that have happened along the way on my US trip. I’ve collected conversations, cultural oddities, random...
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Visual Diary #2
Trying to order a small hot chocolate at Starbucks: Serena’s hallucination of the Chess and Checkers Visitor Centre in central park: Brain food I grabbed on the way to the SCBWI conference each...
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Visual Diary #3
A successful shopping trip (one of the stores was called ‘Strawberry’): An odd stall at the Chelsea markets: Two Jewish men discussing the weather: Still more to come…
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Visual Diary #4
How I felt wandering around the Museum of Modern Art (on my own): Image inspired by an almost completely unrelated sculpture at the MoMA: A Chelsea vacuum cleaner store, which randomly had a bronze...
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Visual Diary #5
A beautiful New York Valentine’s Day – a Vietnamese feast, chocolate and karaoke in K-town: . Chinese New Year – Happy year of the rabbit! . Sadly, the end of my US diary and the end of my travels: ....
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Sydney in Photos
Last week I was flown down to Sydney for an art exhibition, awards night and general party-like-gathering for past winners of the Marten Bequest Travelling Scholarship. The event was held at the Art...
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Planes, Trains, Cars and Bounty Hunting (or: an overseas trip)
Yep, that about sums up the next seven weeks of my life. Three planes, two trains and over three thousand kms of road will take us through seven countries on a massive European adventure. At least I’m...
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Visual Diary #1
As mentioned in my previous post, I’ve been keeping a kind of visual diary of different things that have happened along the way on my US trip. I’ve collected conversations, cultural oddities, random...
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Visual Diary #2
Trying to order a small hot chocolate at Starbucks: Serena’s hallucination of the Chess and Checkers Visitor Centre in central park: Brain food I grabbed on the way to the SCBWI conference each...
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