by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 22, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
New York, like Sydney, has been experiencing a lot of rain. The improbably cheerful weather presenter on morning television today said that it had rained 21 out of the last 23 days. Certainly the weather has not helped me get over my May flu, as my regular exercise...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 20, 2009 | Blog, Pianos and pianists on the stage and the page
I just stumbled across this article from the LA Times about the declining sales of acoustic pianos, the rise in sales of electronic instruments and digital keyboards, and what it all might mean. According to the article, 105,000 acoustic upright and grand pianos were...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 20, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
Having recently been invited into the ranks of Brooklyn’s HAWG – or Horribly Awkward Writers’ Guild – as an associate member, I feel compelled to share with other writers the Guild’s speed-writing game that I’m finding very useful...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 14, 2009 | Blog, Improve your writing
Most surprised to report that I’ve just sneaked into the Top 50 Australian Writing Blogs, according to Johnathan Crossfield’s blog CopyWrite. This list tracks the most popular blogs written by Australian writers about writing, and is a movable feast...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 11, 2009 | Blog, Pianos and pianists on the stage and the page
Twenty-year-old Nobuyuki Tsujii is the joint winner of this year’s Van Cliburn International Piano Competition, held every four years in Fort Worth, Texas, over a gruelling 17 days. As is often the case with such competitions, the judges’ decision has been...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jun 1, 2009 | Blog, Memoir
Here’s a great summary on the Associated Press wires of what’s so appealing to so many readers at the moment about romance novels. While the rest of the publishing industry stares at the headlights racing towards it, the sales of romance novels are on the...