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#WritersCoffeeClub 7/2: Share a pair of lines.

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“We need the letter.” Bridget insisted.

“Yes, I can see that now but… not possible” Kit braced himself.

“We are out of time, Kit! Why not?” Bridget’s voice squeaked up an octave.

“Because I gave it to your Father, three days ago.”

Jeff Bezos replaces The Washington Post with ‘The Washington News Fulfilment Centre’

“In this new age of media, the remaining workers will be ready to rush out many articles as fast as possible, or they will be fired.” chaser.com.au/business/jef...

A headline for the Future Nostalgia pop girlies

#WordWeavers 4/2: Look back at the first thing you wrote. What did you do right?

In Kindergarten aka the Mists of Time?

How ‘bout ten years ago?

Not bad. The character is there and my description of a splitting headache is convincing… cramming in too much background info but not bad.

#writing

Close up of our Tuxedo cat in front of a fireplace.

Whiskers on Whiskers.

#Caturday #BlueSkyCats #CatsOfBlueSky #Cat #kitty #TuxedoCat #Meow

Awww…🛁🐈

A tortoiseshell cat stalking through a garden bed with Australian Native Violets flowering in the foreground.

🌱 The garden supervisor is checking out the Australian Native Violets. They survived the extremely hot days with extra watering. #Gardening #Cats #Caturday #Tortitude

Crisp AND amazingly emotional…. the Holy Grail….

#WordWeavers day 26: What is your current project teaching you, craft-wise or personally?

Keeping descriptions vivid but on-point is really hard.

#wip #writing

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

“..parts of Melbourne pushed north of 45C and demand for electricity skyrocketed as people ran air conditioners at full bore. These .. conditions are often a cue for warnings of blackouts or load shedding.

Not this time.”

#climate #renewable

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This morning we attended the Ngarang-Wal Gold Coast Aboriginal Association Incorporated Kombumerri Dawn Ceremony. This was an intentional community event to create a space for healing, connection… | B... This morning we attended the Ngarang-Wal Gold Coast Aboriginal Association Incorporated Kombumerri Dawn Ceremony. This was an intentional community event to create a space for healing, connection, tru...

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#dawn #australia

#WordWeavers Jan 24: Your MC has to start a new business with their current skills. What do they do?

Become an apothecary or open her own compounding pharmacy business.

#WordWeavers 25. If traumatic events happen, do your characters process for longer than a chapter?

Yup!

I try to weave it in and know my character - will they avoid, respond with anger or laugh it off? My MC is starting to unpick it all; it’s a subplot or subtheme rather than a main driver.

#wip

#WordWeavers 25. If traumatic events happen, do your characters process it on page for longer than a chapter?

Lol, a ton of traumatic things happen, and it often takes many chapters or even the whole series to process theworst of them. Some will never be fully processed.

I turned off the filter, planted water plants and let my pool go wild…. annnd…I got frogs!! #Straya

How public school students will start the year

“This country is the only one in the world that publicly funds two systems. One has all the rights – to charge fees, enrol only the children they select – and the other has all the responsibilities, for compulsory education, to accept all comers, to not charge fees.”
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Money is only thing Trump understands bsky.app/profile/kati...

Deutsche Bank here with the good stuff.
Game on.

#EpsteinFiles

#WritersCoffeeClub
𝐉𝐚𝐧 𝟏𝟕. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐰𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠-𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞?
1.
Wrote some side notes on my main character yesterday afternoon, at the time I thought they were really cool. Re-read them today and I have no idea what I was talking about…
2.
I am enjoying writing again, which is not frustrating

#WritersCoffeeClub
𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐫s?
Character checklists often read like a Linkedin profile. Linkedin has it’s place but I’ve found answering questions like:

If your character had bring food to a party what would they bring? Why?

more useful 📝

#writing #wip #amwriting

Time well spent 😋…

Photo of a male domestic shorthair cat stretching put with eyes closed on a carpeted floor.

Photo of a female Burmese cat looking up at the camera ducking to avoid the window blind closing behind her.

Biscuit and Leila.

Appears not… delete and repost is the only option. Uggh! I am terrible at proofreading my own stuff..

a cat sitting in front of a computer keyboard with the caption niffty editing written above it ALT: a cat sitting in front of a computer keyboard with the caption niffty editing written above it

On a somewhat petty note - I cannot locate an edit post function on Bluesky. Does this exist?

What is a pyroCB, a fire-generated thunderstorm? The fire burning in north-east Victoria near Walwa was so fierce it generated its own weather this afternoon, including a substantial pyrocumulonimbus cloud with lightning and thunder.

Extreme conditions generating it’s own weather
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Oil advances on concerns about supply disruptions in Venezuela, Iran Oil prices rose for a second day on Friday, up more than 1% and set for their third weekly gain, on uncertainty about the future of supply from Venezuela and as Iranian unrest increases concerns about...

… over supply… under supply
OR …
renewable supply… ☀️💨

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A boiled, peeled egg with a perfect indentation in the side.

I know things are terrible but I just cracked a Death Star egg. That’s no moon.

Most significant heatwave since black summer to blast Australia’s southern states as band of hot weather moves east Parts of Victoria and SA could expect highs of 46 or 47C, with winds bringing bushfire danger later in week * Sign up for climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s free Clear Air newsletter here Australia’s southern states are expected to bake this week as the most significant heatwave since the 2019-20 black summer pushes temperatures well into the 40s. Heatwave warnings cover large parts of Western Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory as a band of severe to extreme heat makes its way slowly across the country, from west to east. Sign up to get climate and environment editor Adam Morton’s Clear Air column as a free newsletter Continue reading...

Most significant heatwave since black summer to blast Australia’s southern states as band of hot weather moves east

Image of the icon for the Notes app by Apple.

#WritersCoffeeClub Jan 4: Share a tool of your trade

Apples Notes - inspo hits at the weirdest times and I usually have my phone on me. I use hashtags in each note to organise rather than folders.