Writers and Readers Fix : December 2010

Sunday, 26 December 2010

Breathe by Tim Winton

I have to make it known that I have fallen in love with Tim Winton's writing. My introduction to his world of writing was 'Cloudstreet,' were I found myself lost in the lives of the Pickles and Lambs. His wit in charactisation is just out of this world; or more accuractly so much within this world.

Having just read 'Breathe,' I once again was absorbed in the lives of Pikelet, Sando, Loonie and Eva.
I have become a Tim Winton follower if you may; now having brought his compilation of short stories 'The Turning.' Don't we wish we too could be so talented in crafting stories so close to home; so realistic and fulfilling that you just wish the story will never end? Here's the beginning to my short story writing I think.

Tuesday, 14 December 2010

Back on track

Yes, I am back on track. I have to admit I did fall off the wagon for a short time there, and probably due to that terrible first rejection thing, but hey, we all must move on and persist after all we are writers.
I have to confess I didn't even scratch the surface towards the NaNoWriMo. Foolishly I thought I could whip up some 50,000 words out of nowhere, and you guessed it I couldn't, or for a better reason I just didn't get motivated to do so. Bad timing is my excuse and I am going to stick to that. Anyway, I am now going to pursue my writing projects and complete some of the anthologies I am keen on submitting.

Meredith Grant

Meredith Grant is a Regional Victorian writer. She has been shortlisted for the Trudy Graham-Julie Lewis Lit. Awards for Prose, runner-up for the FAW Qld. Soapbox Article competition and most recently been awarded runner-up in the Writers Victoria Regional Members Writing Competition. She is also a self-published author of 'Adoption Down Under' & had her non-fiction work published in 'Grieve' along with contributions to on-line Journals, articles and personal memoirs being published. She studied Professional Writing and Editing at Ballarat University and has a strong focus on writing non-fiction. She is a freelance book reviewer with her goal to become a freelance writer covering topics that sit close to her heart, including Australia's homeless epidemic, teenage depression and Australian adoption matters. She is currently working on her full-length memoir she hopes to have published, until then her short memoir works are being submitted to various opportunities and competitions which she hopes will help raise her writing profile.