by Sarah | Aug 1, 2021 | Life
This year, I’ve taken up the challenge of Furious Fiction – a monthly short story competition run by the Australian Writers’ Centre. I though it would be impossible to write a story in 500 words, but it turns out that it is possible. I won’t...
by Sarah | Jan 11, 2021 | Life
I caught up with a friend – a high school teacher – over Christmas who played a video for me that Year 9s are shown as part of their Health studies. I won’t tell you how many times I’ve watched it (mostly because I’ve lost count) but it is a classic. It should be...
by Sarah | Nov 13, 2020 | Life
If you are not a Star Wars fan, look away now. I’m sorry to say that I haven’t moved on from last month’s theme. It was, I fear, just the beginning. When I was in my classroom this week, I witnessed one of my Year 6 boys using a wastepaper basket as a helmet / face...
by Sarah | Oct 16, 2020 | Life
Clothes don’t maketh the man. Or, to PC this idiom and drag it into the twenty-first century, clothes don’t maketh the person. Or do they? I’ll let you be the judge … Have you ever been given an article of clothing that was delightfully chic and sophisticated, and...
by Sarah | Sep 11, 2020 | Life
I love a great quest. Given that I am a fantasy writer, this is probably not a surprise. But in real life, there are few quests that are cool adventures with dragons. In real life, some quests involve trawling through folder after folder of paperwork looking for one...
