Laptop on the Ironing Board

I actually don’t know where the urge to crochet a washing machine came from, but when it hit me, it hit hard.  My friend has written a magnificent second novel. JOY MOODY IS OUT OF TIME, by Ke...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2024/04/03/washing-machine-fail/

Hoo boy! It’s been a long time since I’ve visited my blog. I’m just stepping in here to reprint an article I wrote originally for Melbourne Catholic Magazine. A lot of people have asked me ...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2024/01/22/melbourne-catholic-article-listen-up/

On Friday, we were all so excited. My two teenagers were going on a weekend venturer scout camp. My four youngest were staying with my parents at the beach. And me and my husband? Why, we were go...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2022/02/28/these-four-walls/

Or “Deodorant Fail.” So I’ve discovered that it is possible to stalk your favourite writers on social media. I never knew it could be so easy! Recently, Monica McInerney posted on Facebook ...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2021/11/19/adventures-at-the-book-shop-signing/

It’s a lot. I still don’t feel ready to write about it.  But here’s the thing: I showed my manuscript to a publisher and they’ve offered me a book deal! It’s going to be a book! It’s...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2021/11/05/success/

So we’re in deep dark lockdown here in Melbourne again. We’re not allowed to leave the house, except for five reasons, we have a curfew at night, and the playgrounds are shut. This is our six...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2021/08/28/locky-d-lucky-d/

Here’s an article I wrote for The Majellan last year (I think it appeared in the Autumn 2020 issue). In case you’re wondering: yes. Majellan, Champion of the Family, is the same A5 magazine y...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2021/07/06/running-start/

I need to find a new place to write. My glorious writer’s retreat, the empty house of my parents-in-law, is no more. They had the audacity to come back from Adelaide and actually want to live i...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2020/11/21/a-carpark-of-ones-own/

So, lately I’ve been having meetings with my younger sister, Cindy, about my novel and how it’s getting along. It involves a lot of me moaning about how I’ll never get any of it to work and...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2020/10/29/laundry-fail/

  Good news! The Madonna has been saved – for now at least. Thank you so much, especially to those of you who subscribed to the magazine. The magazine is still in need of subscriptions, so if ...

https://laptopontheironingboard.wordpress.com/2020/09/28/save-the-madonna-update/