Category Archives: At the Writing Desk

Ink Review: J Herbin “Les Subtiles” Vert

Note: This is the fourth in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s“Les ...

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Ink Review: J Herbin “Les Subtiles” Bleue

Note: This is the third in a series of reviews on the five inks in J.Herbin’s ...

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Ink Review: J. Herbin “Les Subtiles” Ambre

  Note: This is the second in a series of reviews on the five inks in ...

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Ink Review: J. Herbin “Les Subtiles” Rouge

Scented inks are one of my favourite discoveries. Not only does the scent add an extra mood-setting element for my writing space, but ...

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Review: The Forest for the Trees, Betsy Learner

I’ve been enjoying Betsy Learner’s blog for a long time so I feel a little silly that it has taken me so long to read her book:

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In defense of Humility or; Confidence is no Measure of Competence

"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge." Charles Darwin in The Descent of Man,1871 For as long as I can remember, I have been desperately concerned with my level of metacognitive skill. It was the reason I gave the first story I ever wrote for public consumption to my best friend to critique, ...

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Review: How Not to Write a Novel, H. Mittelmark & S. Newman

We all know that the best way to teach is to engage and entertain with the material – this book does it ...

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Narrative Disorder Redux

The flattened boxes and packing material have finally been taken away, and everything except my desk, which was damaged and is being repaired and refinished, is in its new place, so I guess ‘I’m still settling in’ can no longer excuse a lack of blog posts. I find myself in the midst of a problem, though – about what should I blog?

The plan was to do our best to treat Sydney as though it were Japan and continue to travel, playing tourist in our own land, and continue to blog about life as an ex-pat wife, hopefully hitting on the odd issue that could be helpful to someone. It seemed a good plan…

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TED Tuesday – The Science of Happiness

Even if we don't write historical stories, or military suspense with technical details, all writers have one subject which they must all research: happiness and how humans pursue it. Even the most evil of evil villains, we believe, is ...

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How did you learn about beginnings, middles and ends?

A post at Betsy Lerner’s wonderful blog, today, asked why those of us afflicted with narrative disorder at a young age began to write. It sparked a memory of the very first ...

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