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How could I forget?  petermball kindly gave us a lift back to KG this afternoon (and Angela made us a yummy lunch before our return–thanks to both of you!), and I realised that Pete is the human manifestation of the devil on my shoulder… Will do my best to show less mercy in crits this week,…… Continue reading Devil on my shoulder

I feel refreshed.Angela and I escaped to the wonderful retreat of her house for the weekend, and I feel SO relaxed, rejuvenated, ready for the week to come as a result. Saturday ROCKED.We woke up early and went into town. I had a nice chat with Chad on the phone and did some browsing while…… Continue reading Weekendy goodness

While having dinner tonight, I realised that I was so productive today because I had been unconsciously tapping into the fury of writing energy bursting out of Angela’s room all afternoon… Every day this week, my brain has been in deep freeze. Ideas? What? Fluid sentences? Not appearing they were. Story? How ’bout a paragraph?…… Continue reading In which I avoid critting…

Next time my brain bottlenecks (such a great way to describe it) the first thing I’m going to do is start chatting with Angela while I make dinner. I’m positive that’s what fixed it (OK, well, ‘fixed’ might be too strong a word, considering my new story is currently about 400 words long–but our chat…… Continue reading Mojo is returning, slowly.

So I’m feeling like my brain is kinda blank at the moment.Many hours have passed in front of this computer today, and I have managed to wring 300 words out of my head and squeeze them, kicking and screaming all the way, onto the screen. Sean has assigned us the task of writing a haiku…… Continue reading No mo’ mojo

I suppose yesterday was officially day one of Clarion, but today really really feels like day one… First crits begin in 30 minutes. Eek! Which means, of course, that we’re here and we’re all settled in at ‘Kelvin Grove’, our swanky new digs for the next 6 weeks. The living situation is pretty sweet: Angela…… Continue reading Mornin’

Clarion starts today!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I’ll be leaving for the airport in about 30 mins, and will be up in Brisbane before noon. If I keep saying it out loud, maybe it’ll start feeling real…

Clarion South starts in two days.Holy crow.How is it possible to be lazy AND nervous, you ask? Well.The past couple of days have been a mix of mad scrambling to get stuff done before I leave for Brisneyland (and then I get nervous about having brain freeze the entire time I’m up there, and then…… Continue reading Clarion Clarion Clarion. Lisa is a lazy nervous cocktail.

…I’m meeting up with B, M, and A for brunch in an hour. Brunch on a Tuesday — how decadent! Then it’s back home to park my ass in front of the computer for a few hours, and then we’re meeting friends for a holiday/’farewell Lisa’ dinner at Thai Orchid. Mmmm thai food. Just watch the…… Continue reading Because I haven’t eaten enough already…

I just clicked to my email and saw that the Week One stories have been circulated for Clarion — it begins already!!! There’s no turning back now: my story’s attached to the email, and will be critiqued on Tuesday of next week. Holy crow.