Writing was one of my first loves, along with theatre and dance. As a teenager I was driven by a restless, creative energy. I would stay up late in the night banging out angst-ridden poetry on my typewriter— all lower case, e e cummings style. (Yep, in those days we had typewriters!) Or, I’d feverishly pen play scripts and collaborate on mulitmedia dance pieces performed by the local youth theatre.
Several decades later, I have circled back to embrace the creativity that has always thrummed within me and I am giving myself over to writing fiction, memoir, lyrical essays, poetry and plays.
I am currently a Master of Arts researcher at Griffith University, revelling in the combination of analytical and creative thinking, reading and writing involved in this higher research degree.
My creative writing achievements so far…
My creative work has placed and short/longlisted in a number of literary competitions and I have been published in various literary anthologies and magazines.
My play ‘The Impersonator’ has been selected for performance in the 2024 Drill Hall Theatre Hot Shorts - Short Play competition.
My short story, ‘The Impersonator’ was longlisted in the 2023 Lane Cove Literary Prize.
My memoir essay, ‘The Lighthouse,’ shortlisted in the Kill Your Darlings Creative Non-Fiction Essay Prize 2023.
Third Prize for my poem ‘Black Swans’ in the 2022 Kyogle Writers Festival Poetry Competition.
My non-fiction piece, ‘The Beach’, published in the online literary magazine Saltbush Review, Issue 1, 2022.
Highly Commended in the Mid North Coast Short Story Competition, 2022 for my short story, ‘Creeping Pines’.
Shortlisted in the 2021 Lane Cove Literary Prize and published in their 2021 Anthology for my short story, ‘Capture’.
My poem, ‘Grieve’, published in the Grieve Volume 9 Anthology (2021).
My short play ‘Special’ performed by award winning actor Louise Chapman at the Newcastle Fringe Show in 2022.
My short play ‘Kali Girl’ was selected and performed at the Drill Hall Hot Shorts Play Writing Competition in 2022.
Longlisted in the Seizure Viva La Novella Prize, 2020, for my novella ‘Ricepaper Diaries’.
I am also a Varuna alumna (as graduate of Vanessa Kirkpatrick’s Poetry Masterclass).
My non-fiction writing…
As a non-fiction freelance writer I have had numerous articles published in national yoga and wellbeing magazines, here are some examples:
‘The Yoga of Motherhood’—first published in The Australian Yoga Life Magazine.
‘Follow your Bliss: Finding your Dharma’—first published in Wellbeing Magazine.
‘Bloom Baby! Bloom!—first published in Wellbeing Magazine.
‘Healing the Black Hole: John Ogilvie’s Story. From Drug Addict to Yoga Teacher’—first published in Australian Yoga Life Magazine.
You can also read many of my yoga-related blog articles on my yoga website here and also check out my blog on this website.
And, I am the author of the top-selling book: Moving with the Moon: Yoga, Movement & Meditation for Every Phase of your Menstrual Cycle and Beyond.
