So much about the writing process is mysterious, and requires us to cede control and trust that our intuition knows the way, much like life. This year I want to lean into mystery, let go of expectations and feed my curiosity. I’ve been accepted in the Faber Academy’s Novel Writing course with Carrie Tiffany, and IContinue reading “2024 mysteries”
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On creativity
We do it for the love of it, right? That soul deep knowledge that writing is exactly what we were put on this earth to do. Even and despite the hard days – the days when the words won’t come and it feels like your creativity has abandoned you. That’s an interesting concept, actually, thatContinue reading “On creativity”
Devotion
Leaning into softness this week after the most incredible experience. On Saturday evening I attended a ‘Dusk till Dawn’ devotional dance and meditation gathering. We danced and wrote and spoke, swam in the river and slept under the stars. Sitting, cradled by the fire and the dawn the next morning, my notebook in my lap,Continue reading “Devotion”
Exciting news
I was recently awarded a Creative Support Small Grant from Arts Tasmania to help pay for my current mentorship with author Angela Slatter. This mentorship has been invaluable for the development of my novel, and I was thrilled to receive this money which will help me continue to edit it. Yesterday I was interviewed forContinue reading “Exciting news”
Writing in Tasmania
I was recently asked by RANT Arts to write a short piece on what it is to be a young writer in Tasmania, along with some information on the work I do for TasWriters. You can read it here: https://spiriteddevonport.com.au/articles/arianne-content
Arianne James 