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- Mar 23
- 4 min
SS Turner: The Truth About Living in Rural Australia
After spending most of our respective adult lives’ travelling the world, my wife and I moved to a small rural community in the Sunshine...


- Nov 2, 2022
- 4 min
Judith Arnold: First-Rate Second-Borns
I often wondered whether my sons read up on birth order theory while still in the womb. Embodying the theory, my first-born has always...


- Jul 29, 2022
- 2 min
Steven Manchester: The Spirit of Santa Claus
A few years back, my son Jacob returned home heart-broken from school. “What’s wrong?” I asked him. “Some kids at school were laughing at...


- Jul 6, 2022
- 3 min
Steven Manchester: Puppy Love
Although I consider myself an animal lover, I absolutely adore dogs. I’m not really sure why, but I’ve always felt a deep connection to...


- Jun 7, 2022
- 4 min
Steven Manchester: Dreams in Progress: NYC
My wife and I have four children—four wonderfully different children—and since the moment each of them learned to walk, they’ve been...


- Jun 1, 2022
- 2 min
Lisa King: Writing is a Journey, Not a Destination
Back at the beginning of 2020, I was incredibly stoked (and also pee-pee pants nervous) to be releasing my first novel. This book was a...


- Sep 6, 2018
- 4 min
Peter Murphy: Writing about Siblings
In previous posts I have discussed various aspects of writing about family, and I hope they have been of value to readers. In this post,...


- Sep 4, 2018
- 3 min
Peter Murphy: A Few Helpful Tips on Raising Writers
In this ongoing series of posts, I, without expertise, prejudice, or agenda, will share my insights and/or observations on writing about...


- Aug 30, 2018
- 4 min
Peter Murphy: A Few Helpful Tips on Writing about Family
Writing about family can be a very dangerous business because not all families teem with the ideals of unconditional love and the...


- Aug 28, 2018
- 5 min
Peter Murphy: Writing about Family
Just as the next (last) book is about to go out and meet the world, I got a nice message from my publisher informing me that the number...