Tag: writing
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Research Trip – Part 1 – The Fish and Chip Shop
Miss Pepper and I left mid Sunday morning and cruised down to Sydney. It’s about a 4-5 hour run from the mid-North Coast. The Take Away shop When Em’s life is almost at rock bottom, she flees the inner city, selecting a road with no consideration of where it will take her. She’s just driving…
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Holding On News – Meeting the Elephant Page Publishing team
I was so pleased (and nervous!) to meet the team at Elephant Page Publishing via video link today. I felt honoured and special to be “believed in” by a bunch of people that I don’t even know. (I was so nervous that I forgot to get a screenshot of the meeting.) Per, Soraya, Daniel, Kel,…
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Critical Thinking Skill #1: Test “Big Words”
A while ago, I started a train of thought about Critical Thinking. Since the last one, I have been occupied with my current novel, Breaking Free, and haven’t been back to it since. There is no idea that is so complicated that it cannot be explained simply, with simple words arranged in easy sentences. When…
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Who’s the better writer? Me or ChatGPT
Just saw a social media post of an author castigating another author for using AI to write a story, and I think I’m inclined to agree. But I reckon a decent author can outgun ChatGPT any day of the week. (Maybe, twelve months from now, it will be a different story.) Consequently, I’m going head-to-head…
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Breaking Free – Chapter Four
Em moves to Sydney. There’s a sense of expectation. This is the calm before the storm.
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Breaking Free – Chapters One and Two
Seventeen year old Em works in a takeaway shop and is dominated by an angry mother.
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