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Nine ideas for inspiring writing
Mum and I are both authors – she writes fiction and I write non-fiction. In deciding what to contribute for a guest post, I asked mum what subject she would find most useful. She answered that her greatest challenge was coming up with new ideas. I can certainly relate. I often struggle with generating ideas…
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Six lessons in the school of hard knocks
English was one subject I truly loved at school. As a teenager, I would have three novels on the go at any given time. I enjoyed writing anything and everything – from letters to poetry, from short stories to scripts. But by the end of year 12 I still had no idea what career I wanted…
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You are worth a rest
I am on my first real holiday in years. A holiday where the beach is the only destination on the itinerary. A holiday where reading is for pleasure only (I’m thoroughly enjoying Ita Buttrose’s autobiography A Passionate Life). A holiday where afternoon naps are perfectly acceptable and, yes, I have actually taken one. We’re visiting my hometown of Margaret River. The region is…
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For the love of technology
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me … going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful … that’s what matters to me.” Steve Jobs, Wall Street Journal, 1993 I’ve been thinking recently about the late Steve Jobs and his contributions to the world. Following his sad passing on October 5, much has been…
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Meeting Ita
Cleo and I were born in the same year. Cleo was born in Australia in 1972, her mother the now iconic Ita Buttrose and her father the late Kerry Packer. I was born in New Zealand, the love child of two teenagers. Suffice to say it didn’t last and I was raised by a single mother. I…
Summer Goodwin
Leading creative teams