syn·aes·the·sia – a subjective sensation that occurs in one sense modality when another modality is stimulated…. syn·aes·thet'ic – involving more than one sense
As I mentioned in my previous post, due to a mix up with start times on the convention event app, I (and many others) missed the first half hour or so (more ‘or so’ for me, I woke with a bad headache – more on the later) of Day 1. So I missd the opening […]
The Romance Writers of Australia Annual Conference ran rom 10 & 11 August 2019 in Melbourne. The professional workshop day was held on Friday 9 August – I attended The Book Launch Bootcamp by Melissa Storm which was great. However I’ll write up notes about that separately.
The romance novel and representations of sexuality after #MeToo Kate Cuthbert, at the time still managing editor for Escape Publishing (and now at Writers Victoria) presented this on the first morning of the conference. I had a severe migraine and unfortunately missed it. I say unfortunate because it was by all accounts a showstopper, and […]
The Hero’s Journey One way of telling a story. Stage 1 – The Ordinary World Stage 2 – Call to adventure What is the call to adventure? What new force appears to challenge hero? How is hero’s flaw tested? Stage 3 – Refusal of the call Heroes initially reject the call to adventure Stage 4 […]
Jennifer Hallock Session 5.2: History and Romance Abstract: Over 80% of bestselling historical romance books published in the first half of 2018 were set in Britain, either during the 19th century or the mediaeval period. These two fabricated chronotopes are selectively accurate to history and narrowly focused on high ranks of the nobility – in […]
Recently I was fortunate to attend some sessions the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance (aka IASPR) Conference with the theme ‘Think Globally, Love Locally?’ held in Sydney. Due to a combination of illness and other commitments I was unable to attend all the sessions. I also apologise profusely to all those who […]
Earlier this year I found myself back in hospital, and then off work for 2 months. I was in bed or draped aesthetically on the sofa for a lot of that time, and wasn’t able to do much (hence the lack of updates on my gym blog. Sorry about that). Anyway during this time, I […]
Building a hero / heroine from the ground up – What makes a reader fall in love with a character? – How can we create these types of characters ourselves? – How to create deep compelling characters that stick with a reader. Elements: Reader fascination: Offer a view into the characters and his world […]
Recently two of my friends had a joint birthday party, fancy dress theme. (ok the theme was Game of thrones but I wasn’t feeling it). I had these gorgeous papers by KaiserCraft from their ‘Through the Looking-Glass’ paper set. They are very floral and vibrant, but there are also the classic illustrations by Tenniel throughout […]
Another birthday card for someone at work. This time I tried a layout I saw in a magazine, it is simple but effective I think. Fold craft cardstock, ink the edges. Trim a piece of ‘La Spa’ paper from Prima Marketing’s Fairy Belle collection, and then distress and ink the edges in a lighter (contrasting) […]
