by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 2, 2008 | Blog, Improve your writing
Some interesting articles have been published recently bemoaning the perils of the internet. They tend to fall into two topical camps: reading and thinking. This New York Times piece, “Online, R U Really Reading?” describes changing reading patterns among...
by Virginia Lloyd | Aug 1, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Today marks the end of official publicity for my The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement. At almost four months since publication, that’s a media marathon for a first-time author, so I’m not complaining. It is a relief, however, to know I...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 29, 2008 | Blog, Uncategorized
Tomorrow night, Wednesday 30 July, is the first in Sydney PEN’s 2008 series Three Writers, featuring Christopher Kremmer talking about greed. I will be hosting the evening in my capacity as President of Sydney PEN. Light refreshments and even parking is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 18, 2008 | Blog, Improve your writing
I’ve been busy finalising the content, format and handouts of two workshops I’m facilitating at next week’s Byron Bay Writers Festival. Hopefully the weather will continue sunny and dry, as Byron’s not nearly as much fun when it’s grey...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 9, 2008 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Recently I was asked by a well-meaning chap at a writers festival if my recently published book was about interior decorating. I smiled, told him he was about to be a little bit embarrassed, and explained what it was all about. It is for his benefit that I have chosen...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jul 7, 2008 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
Noosa is no place to be when it’s raining. Nor when it’s pouring, as it was last weekend while I was there to attend the inaugural Reality Bites festival of nonfiction in Pomona, about twenty minutes’ drive from Hastings Street. The two-day event,...