Caitlin Mahony

A message to self doubt:
Maybe what I'm writing is a load of crap that will never see the light of day, but I'm going to finish it, no matter what you say.

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🎶Everyday I'm writin'🎶

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I like Google Docs. Using the Headings fonts you get an organised link/list along the side of the doc that is tiered according to which heading you chose. And you can also add a clickable contents section to the top of the doc.

A glass of wine?

Very relatable. My boss (me) can be a bit full on at times, but she also lets me watch YouTube videos in between writing sprints, so that's nice.

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Wow, so many words. I've only fired a couple of my Chekov's guns so far, looking forward to firing the rest in the coming weeks, but I'm glad yours all went off!

Congratulations, that's huge! 🎉

Beautifully written and explained. One symptom of the flawed system is the concept of "anything is possible" which I find to be frustratingly inaccurate. Some things are possible, some are not, and that's ok.

I did it! My first 2,000 word day of writing. May there be more to come.

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The revolution will not be televised - Gil Scott-Heron

Haha, very relatable. In fact, I skipped the chapter about whale classifications altogether. 😂

Predicted 44°C (111°F) here today. This is a short story I wrote a few years ago about the dangers of such intense heat days. (Send cool thoughts!)
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I do a similar thing! Very cool.

That's great! Good luck with it 😄

And the fact that you wrote it on the road - very impressive! I tried to to that last year and couldn't make it work. But I think it made your setting all the more immersive.

Hi Clare, I just finished reading Terra Nullius and loved it! I really enjoyed the twist - I felt like I got tricked into reading Sci Fi (in the best possible way!). Overall it was a really inventive story, and I got really invested in the characters. Highly entertaining food for thought.

Current opening line is not great - one of many things on my list to come back to on the second draft!

Thats huge! Sorry, I mean :whispers: that's huge. Well done.

I've wanted to write a novel for such a long time. It feels great to be actually doing the thing.

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A word that is fun to say: peplum

Feel free to share your own!
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My goal is to reach the milestone 40,000 on my manuscript. I'm calling it the "soft halfway point".
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Thanks! I'm planning to try traditional publishing, but I'm still pretty far off being able to show it to agents.

Thanks for the questions! It's an exploration of a lot of things (place, purpose, belonging, motherhood, relationships) told through the perspective of three women at different stages in their lives.

Hi I'm Caitlin. I'm about 40% through the first draft of my first novel called 'Permies'. It follows the lives of several permanent residents of a caravan park in Australia. I'm aiming to write 5 days a week, 1,200 words a day. So far I'm more or less on track.

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The timetable lied - she's late again.

The bathtub fish prank went swimmingly.

My favourite example of this was The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida by Shehan Karunatilaka. The second person POV made the book both unsettling and very personal which served the narrative perfectly.

How to use a pregnancy test 😜

The Hammer by Caitlin Mahony Caitlin Mahony is an emerging writer living in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria, Australia. She has had success in several short story competitions, including winning the Port Stephens Literature Award 2023, b...

I'm very proud of this short story, published by @writersvictoria.bsky.social back in 2024.
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