So, I'm a freelance writer and author that is doing a HDR (higher degree by research). I'm behind in writing. Even more so because I'm hosting this account this week. Concentrating long enough to write has become harder in 2020. Who else is behind on writing-related deadlines?
You are? And you, too? Any more? Do you want to do some writing sprints this week? Or give each other little pushes. How about we each set daily goals - word count, chapter, whatever you need. And then starting tomorrow (until Thursday afternoon) we keep each other accountable.
We can do some writing sprints - I'll give a callout 30 minutes before one starts, and you join in. After 50 minutes, I'll call time - and we debrief (words written, how you're feeling, what are you stuck on). Let's use #WriteThatThing to share, do the sprints, debrief etc.
So who wants to #WriteThatThing ? And what is this thing you are writing?
This week, my That Thing is writing a chapter of my Masters exegeses and a creative piece. Plus the article that goes with hosting the IX twitter account.
Are you in!

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5 Oct
Next I want to share some resources on how to read, listen and understand First Nations books, poetry & storytelling. There's a lot of articles that list book recommendations, and this week's #BlakBookChallenge has great suggestions. However, it's not enough to pick up a book. >
Readers and reviewers need to learn how to read and discuss Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander literature/story. Building capacity is essential. It begins with being aware of your bias & worldviews, acknowledging the white lens that literature is unconsciously seen through.
Reviewers that apply words such as legends, myth or mythology to First Nations writing are (usually unconsciously) reading through a white lens, and otherising the work. Non-Indigenous reviewers need to build their capacity to read, listen and write about First Nations literature
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4 Oct
So, those themes. Before I start, a word: I'm dyslexic. So I'm not interested in any spelling corrections. People that do that on social media are annoying, and it can be a type of ableism. Please don't be one of those people.
The spark for my book Where the Fruit Falls occurred when I was listening to Billie Holiday's Strange Fruit. I started thinking about how Australians often know more about historical events & injustices that happened elsewhere, than what settler-colonials did/do here on this soil
All my stories - novels and short stories - start with one image. This is generally not the opening, and often just a minor scene. I write that image, and then I build around it. So this book started with a traumatic image. It's about half-way through the novel. Because I used >
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4 Oct
I'm going to talk about my newly-released novel. Not in a bit-noting way, but I want to talk about some of the themes and how I approached these. And also share some of my observations of the Australian literature sector. uwap.uwa.edu.au/products/where…
First, I want to mention how long it took. And perhaps later this week expand on this to help others achieve their pathways to publishing. I started this novel in 2012. I've wanted to be a novelist since early 1970s. For a range of reasons, this wasn't an easy, quick road for me.
Before I won the Dorothy Hewett Award, 18 agents & publishers passed up the manuscript. Many had nice things to say about my skills but weren't interested. Most common reasons I heard: too many characters, spans too many years. Ah yes, that's what sagas do. No one wanted a saga.
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4 Oct
This week @AusCouncilArts published the updated Australia Council for the Arts’ Protocols for using First Nations Intellectual and Cultural Property in the Arts. This 2002 (2007 reprint) was developed by @TerriJanke
Find it here > australiacouncil.gov.au/programs-and-r…
All artforms are covered in Protocols for using First Nations Intellectual and Cultural Property in the Arts. I encourage everyone to read them, especially non-Indigenous creatives. Also applicable to readers, art buyers, organisations, retailers, shoppers, government, NFPs etc.
There are other excellent protocols and resources on @TerriJanke's website. Two that are aimed specifically at writers/writing are: terrijanke.com.au/more-than-words
and terrijanke.com.au/writing-up-ind…
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2 Oct
In a catch up with my supervisors this week, one of my goals was to quieten the distractions and work harder on writing up my Masters research. A few days later > I'm hosting IndigenousX. Ooops. No matter, I can use this as an opportunity to talk about the ups & downs of uni. 1/
It would be easy for me to blame Covid social distancing on being slow with getting this Masters done, but I was already isolated. My supervisors are excellent. I just don't have anyone around me (family, peers, friends) who I can talk research, literature or academia with. 2/
Distance learning is not the issue, either. Or family/ carer responsibility, age etc. I started an off campus BA in pre-computer era; mature-aged student, sole-parenting young children, working as a temp etc. I got good grades but didn't finish due to social-economic barriers. 3/
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1 Oct
I was a bit late to start hosting duties, because the dogs wanted to go to the beach. We got there after sunset. It was dark when we'd finished, but the moon is bright tonight. ImageImageImageImage
Yesterday afternoon, I was asked if I'd host. I said yes, because @NatalieCromb asked me 🙂 And then stayed up late, worrying about what I could talk about. There will probably be more photos of my local area (beach, wetlands, scrub, rural) as I take the smol dogs out everyday.
I'll introduce you to the small dogs later. Suppose I should introduce myself. For the past few years, I've been a freelance writer+. Before that, I had a bookshop, worked in Aboriginal health, consultancy, social housing, community development, uni teaching & research (health) >
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