What I have been up to in the forth quarter of 2012 – in parallel to my freelance and part-time work:
October 2012:
Attended Peter FitzSimons's Eureka book event at Hornsby Library
Taught "Write, Publish & Market Your Own Book" at Mosman Community College (Saturday classes, Term 4)
Attended media tour on the cruise ship Oosterdam at Circular Quay
My photos of Kevin Rudd's address to the FCA are published on the FCA website
Attended Laura Antoniou's erotic writing course "Words That Sizzle. Stories That Sell"
Attended FCA event with the former PM and Foreign Minister the Hon Kevin Rudd MP (photos)
Taught "Write, Publish & Market Your Own Book" at my first writing retreat (Pittwater YHA, 28.09.–01.10.2012)
November 2012:
Completed 50,000 words for the National Novel Writing Month (posted news about my progress on Twitter and Facebook)
Joined FCA trip to Canberra, for meetings with Bob Carr, Julie Bishop and others (photos)
Allan Hickey's autobiography, For What It's Worth, is now available on Amazon ($25). I assisted Allan with his book.
Attended the Woollahra Library's Local Writers' Word Festival, incl. Patti Miller's workshop about memoir writing
Attended Jane Caro's "The Writing Process" event at Chatswood Library
Attended Society of Women Writers (NSW) committee meeting and Alice Award event
Attended meeting of the Fellowship of Australian Writers
December 2012:
My article about the FCA's trip to Canberra appeared on the FCA's website.
Travelled from Sydney to Perth by train (Indian–Pacific) and up to Broome by bus
Attended Christmas luncheon of the Society of Women Writers (NSW)
Attended Rudolf Steiner College Festival
Attended book launch of Mosman Meanders by my former MCC student Claire Mitchell and co-tutor, Christopher Maait, at Mosman Art Gallery