Did Voicebox recording at 3CR last night- and we covered secrets. They are such a warm affirming open group, Mary, Phuong, Ai Diem and Helen- I said I had schizophrenia and they were very accepting of it. We talked about public and private selves and secrets and the stigma involved in keeping certain secrets. I [...]

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Very excited- Silence got a starting grant from melbourne city council! Silence is the project where I, Ai Diem Le and Mong Diep will interview Vietnamese women and tell their stories on stage to unlock the silence around their lives. We interviewedAi Diem’s grandmother last night and she had such an amazing story to tell- [...]

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Just reading Roland Barthes “Writing Degree Zero” for my thesis work and have hit on a concept which resonates for me in my writing at the moment. Barthes talks about style: ” a self sufficient language is evolved which has its roots only in the depths of the author’s personal and secret mythology” (p.10). I’ve [...]

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I read with horror yesterday that Druscilla Mojewska views in her jaundiced way that creative writing students have nothing to say. As a creative writing student myself I protest! I think that it’s very important to have these courses because it helps students learn how to say things, and gain the support and commitment to [...]

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I’ve been doing some more reading for my thesis and looking at the idea of the madwoman in literature. Writing about madness apart from being a cathartic exercise also requires some reflection on my part. What am I trying to say here? I want to dispose of the myth that madness inspires creativity- I think [...]

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Have received more inspiration to spin “yolk” out to a full length novel or piece- Scribe publishing contacted me because of it and may be interested in my next project! All the more reason to get your work out there! The lecture at Wollongong went well even though there were only 17 students they had [...]

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