Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit […]
Made It Monday: Bread (Includes Recipe!) Read More »
Chapter Nine: Memory Aids This idea of matching our observations to patterns we already know is actually a very important part of learning; in teacher training, for example, we’re constantly reminded to link new content with something that students already know, to ‘give them a hook to hang it on’ or to contextualise it, so
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ERMAGERSH, SO PRETTY. *hearty eyes*. Blurb will be out sometime this week or next, and once I have a blurb, DO YOU KNOW WHAT I CAN DO?!?! YES. THAT’S RIGHT. PRE-ORDERS. The book itself will be out August 22/23 (depending on your continent). Woo hoo!! Expect a post about that some time next week :3
When Worlds Collide (Sanctuary #3) Cover Reveeeeeeeaaaaaaalll!!!! Read More »
PART TWO Okay, so now you know how to find the theme of any story, and you’re hopefully not quite so terrified of all this theme bizzo. There’s still one thing I might need to convince you of though: Why does this actually matter? Who, apart from English teachers, actually cares about the theme of
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
Made It Monday: BOOK COVER!! Read More »
So, one of the kids said something about, I don’t know, whales or something the other day. Maybe there were manta rays on Octonauts, actually, and I pulled up a video on YouTube. I think that’s how this story starts. And then, in the murky middle, there was a click spree, where the kids were
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CHAPTER SEVEN PART TWO FOR THE PANSTERS* * So called because pantsers write ‘by the seat of their pants’, making it up as they go along, without an outline or a specific plan. Pansters, exploratory writers, writers-into-the-dark: whichever name you call it by, for you, it’s all about journeying into the unknown, letting your subconscious
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Just a quick update to let you know that due to some changes with the printers etc, I can now offer shipping for ONLY $2 ANYWHERE IN AUSTRALIA ON ALL INKPRINT TITLES!!! That’s all my books, and most of Liana Brooks’s as well! Whoa! Super excite. I’ve updated the prices on the Australian Print Titles
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Chapter Seven Part 1 So you’re a writer, or a student who has to write a story for school or some such, and now you have an understanding of how theme works in other people’s work and why it’s important… but you’re not really sure how to implement it in your own work, or what
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Welcome to #MadeItMonday, where I post something I’ve made in the previous week, and where you can join in and post something you made too! The rules are easy: post a pic somewhere of something you’ve made in the last week (ish; let’s say in the last month as the hard-and-fast) and tag it. Sit
Made It Monday + SANCTUARY 3 RELEASE DATE Read More »
