What’s wrong with this picture and why does it even matter?
To find out, follow this link to the She’s Self Employed website and check out my article ’Looking Professional on Paper.’
With this week being Education Week in Queensland, what better way to celebrate it than a visit to a local primary school? It was an absolute pleasure reading and talking about ‘Stinky Ferret & the JJs’ to the Grade 3 & 4 students at Helensvale State Primary School. As always, I loved the opportunity to meet the kids and talk about smelly ferrets as well as the concept of story. Great as well, to answer some great questions about books and writing and hear that so many students enjoy writing and telling stories – hey, don’t we all? Some had even gone that step further and were working on a comic, with roles figured out about who would illustrate and who would write the story – love your work!
It was also great fun to have the chance to combine efforts with my lovely author friends Renee Taprell and Dimity Powell. Renee put on a really fun, interactive puppetry show complete with me getting to dress up as a wibbly wobbly monster. Dimity engaged the kids with some wonderful storytelling as well, and I for one can’t wait until her book comes out just in time for Christmas. Helensvale Primary School Principal Coralee Pratt, Aboriginal Elder in Residence Graham Dillon and MP for Coomera Michael Crandon also joined in the storytelling and from my corner of the hall it sounded like it was joyfully received with lots of laughter and clapping from the students.
Huge thanks to Helensvale State Primary School and Renee Taprell for inviting me along, and Dimity Powell for forming part of our group. Biggest thanks of all though goes to the Grade 3 & 4 students who made it such an enjoyable morning!
Interview on the ‘Books for Little Hands’ blog
Posted: May 7, 2012 in All About WritingTags: Renee Taprell
Today my interview with the lovely Renee Taprell is featured on her blog, ’Books for Little Hands.’
You can have a read of it here:
http://booksforlittlehands.blogspot.com.au/
Here’s a quick pic from my session on ‘Getting Published’ held at the Hastings Library last week as part of the Mornington Peninsula Festival of Arts and Ideas. It was a special thrill to have the opportunity to speak at the library I’ve been going to for many years. It was also both strange and wonderful to be speaking from the very place I have spent many hours in. It was here I took my two gorgeous daughters to for weekly Storytime sessions with the wonderful and engaging librarian Gail. So, a quick plug for her – if you live in the area and are thinking of getting your kids down to storytime, I’d highly recommend Hastings Library.
'Candice Lemon-Scott provides advice to a captivated audience, on getting published' - Mornington Peninsula Festival of Arts and Ideas'
It’s Queensland Writers’ Week, so I hope all you fellow Queenslanders are taking the opportunity to find a few quiet moments to write, reflect or re-edit your next work.
At Oxenford Writers’ Group we are also taking the chance to celebrate, and I will be hosting a specially themed discussion on ‘the writers’ voice.’ What a strange expression? Writer? Voice? Isn’t that an oxymoron? Well, no, I don’t believe it is, and I’ll be explaining why and giving a few tips on finding it.
Same bat time, same bat location. If you need these details, or more, scroll down on the Queensland Writers’ Week site or drop by my News and Events page.
In the meantime I’ll look forward to seeing you there!
FREE Seniors Week events – join me for an overview of Drama Writing or a Creative Writing session.
Bring a buddy and your nanna.
Check out all the details here.
As I watched the terrifying footage of the earthquake and subsequent tsunamis hitting Japan I immediately placed myself there. What would I do in such a situation? What if the lives of my family members were affected and there was nothing I could do to prevent it? Doing this created a deep sense of helplessness. There is no stopping such a massive force of nature, no matter what preparations are made. I listened to journalists speak of witnessing the event take place, and what mattered most to those people came out first – the safety of their families. In the coming days the worsening situation and increasing death toll has hit the news hard and fast. My feeling of helplessness continues and I can only turn that around by putting out my best thoughts and wishes for all of those affected, both in the long and short term. Also, I can make my own small contribution, as so many of us are doing. Here is a link to the Authors for Japan auction for anyone wishing to pass on their own assistance (and gain something in the doing as well). Happy bidding!
