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5 (surprising) ways Fishing is like Writing #IBOT
For Boatman’s birthday a few weeks ago, I bought him this snazzy thing called a bait pump. I didn’t actually know it was called a bait pump at the time, and instead walked into the fishing shop asking...
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#RecoveringChedaholic #IBOT
This blog post, is another in the Bridget Jones Style Diaries. Tuesday 26th April Weight: would rather not say. Minutes spent trying to work out fancy social media updates: about a gajillion. Head on...
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An A- Z of things to blog about when you have nothing to blog about #IBOT
Sometimes when it comes to blogging ideas, it’s easy to over-think it. Particularly when you are elbow deep in end of trimester assignments and everything has to be explained and referenced and...
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That’s Enough #IBOT
I stare at words on the computer screen, trying to make them feel. ‘Write a scene that conveys mood,’ says the brief, and I have one — several even — in that manuscript that sits unpolished on my hard...
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The Cat that Ate the Pizza #IBOT
Today’s writing prompt brought to you from, “Writing prompts that don’t suck.” Ryan was standing on the doorstep with a suitcase. ‘So. Sophie finally kicked you out,’ I said, smirking. ‘What?’ ‘The...
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The Little Girl Who Lost Her Name. Review and Giveaway
I have this distinct memory of going to my friend’s house one day when I was a kid, and her showing me a new book. The moment made memorable, perhaps, because my friend was not a reader, and her...
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How to Sound Like a Professional, without changing a thing #IBOT
Some days are just tough and leave you not wanting to do much of anything. Being a mum is not the easiest job and sometimes you feel like you’re failing supremely at it. On those tough days, it’s good...
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Good to be Me #IBOT
So last week was one of those weeks. You know the ones? Nothing huge happens, but all the tiny things build up and make you feel grumpy and frustrated and as if you’re failing at life. I wasn’t...
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Of StoryTelling and Fraudulence #IBOT
I’ve been feeling a little bit like a fraud. Bridie’s teacher asked me to come in and talk to Bridie’s class about narrative writing today; in fact at the very moment you read this, I could be standing...
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Things I Know: An Educational #IBOT
Today: the shortest IBOT post ever.* I’ve flitted off to the big smoke this week for another round of Bible Camp. And by big smoke I mean Radelaide, which, I’ve been assured from my Victorian Bible...
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Quite the Year #IBOT
My boy has had quite the year. He kicked it off on the 3rd of January with a wrist fracture sustained on a hover board. Not that that let him stop him — it was only after he fell over again on a...
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A blog post about nothing #seriously #IBOT
I was looking forward to today’s blog post. I had half a mind to write a post about how I quite appreciate how no one party has annihilated the other in the election, because it means my Facebook feed...
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The Obernewtyn Chronicles: When Friends recommend books #IBOT
It was in year 6 when my friend Elspeth came to school for book character day dressed in a dress, a cape, and from memory, holding a toy cat. I, on the other hand, was dressed as Wilma Flintsone, in a...
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#IBOT. All Grown Up.
Break out the party decorations people, a very important birthday is coming up! Next week, the 26th of July, IBOT will turn five! It’s crazy really, that a link up will grow as quickly as a small...
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Arrivederci. (Like an Arrow) #IBOT
A beautiful girl sits in the passenger seat of a blue Holden Astra, sobbing uncontrollably. Long blonde hair hangs over her face as she hugs her knees to her chest. Next to her sits an uncomfortable...
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