mariablackman.bsky.social
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On Noongar Whadjuk Boodjar (Perth, Western Australia)
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Good work!!
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Opposite of AI - some scenes were hand painted!
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Comically funny or tragically funny? Hang on, it's the Worst Australian, I know
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Yes! Haven't looked at the senate results yet but am hopeful there will be a big enough Greens presence to put the pressure on
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Big thanks to #kspwriterscentre
💓 #kspfellow #writingresidency #westernaustralianwriter #katharinesusannahpritchard #katharinesplace
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I have written 32000 words over the last 13 days, and there's more to come!
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In between writing, I've walked in the John Forrest national park, seen lots of birds and quenda in Katharine's garden, met inspiring fellow writers, read, drunk tea and coffee.
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www.news.com.au/national/fed...
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I'm not even being facetious. I've spent the last couple of days writing about Jack Von Tongeron and the ANM which is a pretty bleak topic so THANK YOU Shero Nazi puncher for your service
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Jokes, I will go and write another 2900 words now
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Bathers vs togs vs cossies. Who even were we back then?
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first part of that story in the morning.
Happy Easter/happy chocolate day! (3/3)
#kspwriterscentre #writingresidency #writing #perthwriter
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short story draft, and several in-progress short story drafts.
I've also spent time with my fellow residents to share tea and writing and laughs.
On my schedule, I marked today as family, reflect and review (going home for Easter lunch) but I woke up with a new picture book idea so I wrote the (2/3)
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Congratulations!
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Got 3rd Honourable Mention in my group - pretty happy with that!
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Ah, thanks for sharing! Gorgeous photo 😍
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I was visiting relatives in BC a few years and had the (dis?)pleasure of climbing the Grouse Grind. Enjoy!
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Oh no, not Pete Evans again. How on brand for him
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Perthie here, who lives in Churchlands electorate. He's unfortunately my rep now but it was fun looking at the preferences. Yes, he got more 1st preference votes than Christine Tonkin, but people who didn't vote for him were putting him way down the bottom 🤣
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Where's Gina??!
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Fiction, non-fiction, poetry, reference books, picture books each have their own section, alphabetical by author within each section unless the shelf space is tricky then wherever it fits!
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Ah, interesting. I hated Ender's Game when I read it (more than a decade ago) for the same reasons but now...
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Fionna Cosgrove, author of middle grade fiction, will be joining me too!