by Angela Pickett | Jan 4, 2018 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
2017 was the year I started to write more. I started the Australian Writers Centre Make Time to Write course which I’d discovered during our visit to Vietnam in July 2016 when I decided to write a book about our time there. The 30 day boot-camp was a great kick start,...
by Angela Pickett | Dec 17, 2017 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
My first attempt at Nanowrimo (National Novel Writing Month) in 2014 lasted one day. I had a vague story idea, met the estimated daily word count of 1667 and gave in. During our visit to Vietnam in July 2016, I had the urge to write a book about our posting. I wrote...
by Angela Pickett | Oct 31, 2017 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
In the last couple of months, while I’ve been very quiet on this blog, I have actually been doing a lot of writing – and next month, I’m about to do a lot more. 50,000 words more in fact. After thinking about it for a long time, in September I finally signed up for...
by Angela Pickett | Sep 14, 2017 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
Today is R U OK Day but I hadn’t planned to write a blog post about it partly because I’m not an expert in mental health. But then I wrote a post on Facebook this morning and I thought I should share a slightly edited version of that because while it is...
by Angela Pickett | Sep 5, 2017 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
Last week, I decided that for Father’s Day, I would write a blog post about my Dad, who died almost 8 years ago. I sent a group message to my immediate family – my Mum, my two sisters and brother, brother-in-law and my husband because he isn’t just MY Dad. He is...
by Angela Pickett | Aug 29, 2017 | Blog Posts - Pre 2024
Last week social media was full of Book Week. Friends shared photos of their kids, people on various groups asked for suggestions and shared photos and some lucky grown-ups even got to dress up too. So many posts were positive and fun – even if there was a level...
