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Happy birthday, Cara!

March 27, 2012 – 6:03 pm

I made my buddy Cara a pressie befitting the webgeeky profession we have chosen. Which means I have to post it on my blog, so she can see it, of course. So I present: “Cara & Kate Living in London: the infographic”

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Neverending homework update

November 1, 2011 – 12:28 am

Happy First of November! Happy Samhain to those in the Northern Hemisphere. What is it here, down under? I’m not sure. Not that it is very spring-y here in Melbourne.

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Divining for clues

June 1, 2011 – 12:43 pm

Figuring out what to write next is turning out kind of tough. I think I have a good idea and then another one comes along. I ponder it for a while, develop characters, find images to suit the mood/chars/settings, start plotting… and then, boom. The next idea hits me.

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Parental controlling myself

March 20, 2011 – 11:14 am

I was ranting about how I cannot stop myself looking at the internet. The Entire Internet. Every time before I start writing. Celebrity gossip, favourite blogs, various different email inboxes, Facebook, Hootsuite, online news. It’s stupid and ridiculous and I can’t stop myself!

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The utter hell of NaNoWriMo

November 8, 2010 – 12:50 pm

I’m not doing NaNoWriMo this year. And I miss it. Even though I know how awful it is — my brain seems to remember just the excitement of trying rather than the grief of trying to write that much in such a short timeframe.

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23rd book of 2010

October 27, 2010 – 10:39 pm

My favourite book of the year so far — Mapping the Mind by Rita Carter. A fantastic journey through neuro science and neuro psychology.

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21st book of 2010

October 5, 2010 – 10:27 pm

My 21st book of 2010 is Mindfield, by Lone Frank – how brain science is changing our world.

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poem translation, from end-july 05

December 7, 2008 – 11:25 pm

We were given a poem in Cyrillic. This is what I think it said. I have no idea what it really said. Rocks this creamy wandering trail krumbles forward But I realised hope is out for me backpacking over a bitumen path this rolling over road never breaking bones honeypot should take clovering no oncology read more »

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