by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 15, 2007 | Blog, Uncategorized
Next week in Sydney I’m presenting to two member groups of Australia’s peak body of grantmakers, Philanthropy Australia. On Monday I’m talking with representatives from corporate foundations, while on Tuesday I will be meeting a group of private...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 12, 2007 | Blog, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
My my, how the dinner table has turned: last Friday I was taken out to lunch by my publisher, to celebrate the fact that UQP has bought my book and will publish it next year. It was such a relief to feel an instant rapport with the people who have the power to help or...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 1, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
A small miracle has just occurred in the form of a two day per week job consulting to the Sax Institute, an impressive non-profit organisation working between policy-makers and researchers in the area of public health. My focus will be business...
by Virginia Lloyd | Nov 1, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Today I’m finally moving back under my own roof after two weeks of limbo induced by having to concentrate on finishing the book. My parents, as ever, have been not only very hospitable, but also helpful in assisting with the heavier items and unpacking all those...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 29, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing, Young Widow's Book of Home Improvement
So here I am, upstairs in my parents’ house, having finished earlier today The Young Widow’s Book of Home Improvement. Recently I learned that there’s a novel floating around with the title of The Household Guide to Dying, which will probably be...
by Virginia Lloyd | Oct 23, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
An astute regular reader has suggested that given my recent change of address I might need to alter the title of this blog. Certainly “Apple Girl” presents two disadvantages: not only does Sydney have no symbolic relationship to the fruit, but I have...