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Friday, September 4, 2009 7:19:18 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled The joy of creation:
Maree said, "In the waiting room at a specialists office today I picked up the exhibition booklet from a 2007 exhibition of 'outsider art'by Arts Project Australia (APA). I flicked through the book and started reading the opening notes about the exhibition,..." more
Sunday, August 23, 2009 12:48:32 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Defining myself as a writer:
Maree said, "Words are slippery things. Trying to find the right one seems impossible at times and it can seem like everything has been written before. That's when your brain seizes up and nothing flows and the only thing coming off at the end of your fingers..." more
Saturday, July 25, 2009 3:19:41 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Outcomes are so yesterday:
Maree said, "The other day I was talking to my daughter about my latest writing project and how I hoped to have it ready to submit soon. In her ultra honest & intuitive way she said, 'Well, don't rush it like you usually do.' The words pinged around in my..." more
Wednesday, July 15, 2009 11:36:43 PM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Montgomery Burns outshone by the Productivity Commission:
Maree said, "We all love to hate Montgomery Burns (okay, all except for Waylon Smithers). Mr Burns is the arch-capitalist. The epitome of greed is good. The man who stole the sun from Springfield to force them into 24-hour use of his nuclear energy.Well, he aint..." more
Saturday, July 11, 2009 1:30:18 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Goldfish dreams:
Maree said, "This morning I dreamt I was walking with some people, carrying a large cocktail type glass filled with water that had a bright orange goldfish swimming in it. The fish was too big for the glass and kept bumping its face up against the side, its..." more
Sunday, June 28, 2009 4:09:34 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Writing for joy:
Maree said, "Although I'm very glad I did my Masters, and I'm looking forward to the future challenge of a Phd, nothing beats writing just for the pure joy of it.In my current project I'm moving away from issue-based realism, letting go of the logic and just..." more
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 8:45:32 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Sci fiction and 'issue' fiction in YA writing:
Maree said, "In the past two weeks I've read two YA novels: Give me Truth by Australian writer, Bill Condon and The Sky Inside by a US writer, now living in Germany, Clare Dunkle.Condon's book fits under the 'issue' genre in that it deals with the lives of two..." more
Thursday, June 18, 2009 7:47:51 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Change pace; change direction:
Maree said, "As a result of a conversation with friends a couple of weeks ago, I've decided to change direction for a couple of months. I will get back to the 'new project' but right now I'm throwing myself into a completely different project for a short..." more
Thursday, June 4, 2009 10:09:08 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Writing in the 3rd person:
Maree said, "Sometimes I think a lot of my issues around character/plot would be more easily solved if I felt more comfortable writing in the third person. I've written quite a few short stories from the third person perspective, and Curse of Fire, the kids'..." more
Monday, May 25, 2009 6:21:01 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Craziness ensues:
Maree said, "Perhaps this isn't a good time to be making big decisions. But I seem to have inadvertently made one anyway.I had a chat with someone at uni last week and at the end of the conversation the outcome seemed to be that I had decided to do a..." more
Thursday, May 21, 2009 12:54:17 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Rejection recovery:
Maree said, "It's a week since I got that rejection that devastated me and I've had a chance to cry about it and talk to my friends about it and slowly I'm getting some perspective on it. I think it's a good idea for me to leave the manuscript alone for a while;..." more
Wednesday, May 13, 2009 11:26:35 PM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled At a cross roads:
Maree said, "I've just got another rejection for Girl in the Shadows - the second in a couple of weeks. At least this one had some encouraging words to say, but it really has put me in a position where I need to rethink what I'm doing as a writer.I've been..." more
Thursday, May 7, 2009 12:38:32 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled I hate rejections!:
Maree said, "Every writer knows that rejections are part and parcel of the publishing world. But that doesn't make you feel any better when you get one. Especially when the rejection is essentially a rote note written on a scrap of paper (okay, maybe not a scrap..." more
Monday, March 30, 2009 7:24:09 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled A master at last (almost):
Maree said, "I've passed my masters - yay!I still have to do a few minor updates to it but I've officially passed. I was really happy with the examiners' comments both for the manuscript and the exegesis. One examiner described Girl in the Shadows as "an..." more
Friday, February 6, 2009 10:20:44 PM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Home stretch:
Maree said, "Although it appears I abandoned this blog months ago, it's probably worthwhile noting that I'm finally about to submit my masters research for examination. Yep, not only did I finish the manuscript, but I actually managed to write & finish the..." more
Monday, September 22, 2008 8:45:56 PM
Maree Kimberley commented on Angela Sunde's Profile:
Maree said, "Hi Angela, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier - I don't log onto jacketflap very often. The book for 8-10 yr olds I had published was one of the Trekkers series published by Macmillan back in 2005 (or maybe 2006). I hope you enjoyed the CYA conference"
Saturday, July 26, 2008 12:17:14 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Time to start the thesis:
Maree said, "My manuscript should be lying somewhere in a big pile of manuscripts at Text Publishing by now. I agonised over the synopsis and ended up changing it at the last minute and now I'm too chicken to go back and look at it again in case I see a big,..." more
Saturday, July 12, 2008 11:47:11 PM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled Synopsis:
Maree said, "To enter the Text Publishing young adult fiction competition, I have to come up with a 100 word synopsis for Girl in the Shadows. So far, I've put together three I'm reasonably happy with but I'm not sure which one works best. What do you..." more
Monday, September 21, 2009 8:01:15 AM
Maree Kimberley wrote a blog post titled When reality is too real:
Maree said, "I've just finished reading The Devil You Know, a new YA book by Australian writer Leonie Norrington, which was just released last month (August 09). I found it incredibly difficult to read. Not because it was poorly written; in fact it was just the..." more