by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 29, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
My local cafe, Cheryl’s on Underhill Street, boasts brilliant coffee, wonderful food, and staff who are fun and interesting. Typically the waitstaff are taking turns at the coffee machine en route to more creative careers. My friend and barista, Derek, is a...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 27, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
I am almost cross-eyed after many hours in front of the computer today writing applications for approval of something called “fiscal sponsorship” from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA). For individual artists, fiscal sponsorship means an...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 25, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Having just today paid my membership dues for the Sydney branch of PEN, the international association of writers working to “advance literature, defend free expression, and foster literary fellowship”, I am thrilled to report on an event I attended...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 23, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Regular readers might remember I attended a sublime concert of jazz music recently at Carnegie Hall featuring Brad Mehldau and Pat Metheny. My review of said concert has just been published on the website of SIMA, the Sydney Improvised Music Association. Back in the...
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 23, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
I think the weekend just passed is the first since I started writing this blog that I did not post anything new. Apologies, gentle reader, but I was busy learning and networking at the American Society of Journalists and Authors Conference all day Saturday and Sunday....
by Virginia Lloyd | Apr 19, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Advance, the organisation that brings ex-pat Australians together for everything from keynote speakers to commemorating Anzac Day, held the inaugural event last night for its Media, Communications & Technology forum, of which I’m a member. Participating in...