Welcome to another Insecure Writer’s Support Group blog post. This month, let’s talk about NaNoWriMo (and why I don’t participate). Image courtesy of NaNoWriMo National Novel Writing Month came from an American non-profit organisation, NaNoWriMo, incorporated in 2006. Their purpose is to encourage creativity and community, in a month-long challenge to write a novel, or … Continue reading IWSG November
Hello, world. I’m briefly sneaking out from my virus-smothering blankets (yep, that virus) to say so-long to October. And cheer a little for my newest published short story. And We’ll Throw Your Ashes to the Wind is a post-apocalyptic story of a mother and child, journeying across their West Australian landscape to the ocean, following … Continue reading And We’ll Throw Your Ashes To The Wind
It is Saturday night at the end-of-year dance... In my latest published flash fiction piece, teen protagonists Misha and Giselle glide, explode and traverse a wonder of alternate universes. What will become of them after their first kiss? Will it even occur in the first place? Find out by reading for free at the online … Continue reading New publication: Infinity
The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness. John Muir Hilltop Road, Walpole. CC-BY-ND-2.0 Emma Gill Last week I went to Walpole, Western Australia, to the Valley of the Giants. Known for the world’s largest-girth living eucalypts, the red tingle trees, I spent several days among the forest and coastline of this … Continue reading In The Heart of Trees
Mental Health in Young Adult Fiction and Life Guest Blog Postby Rebecca Laffar-Smith~ This October, YA science fiction and fantasy author Rebecca Laffar-Smith will be touring libraries in Western Australia to help raise awareness of youth mental health crises. Today she joins us via a guest blog post. Welcome, Rebecca! ~ First, I want to … Continue reading The Courage to Share
EMMA LOUISE GILL 