I've gained an emerging writer in residence place at Tom Collins House Writers' Centre in 2009. I'm over the moon. To have all that writing time and the opportunity to mix with the fellow writers using the Writers' Centre is awesome.
I find the biggest problem with working from home is to not allow myself to be distracted by all those things that need doing. A pile of washing can be very demanding if you let it. Then there are all the interruptions like phone calls and people who come to the door. When you are at home you are fair game because you have nothing to do, no deadlines to meet or obligation to carry out - as far as outsiders are concerned that is. When I had the use of an empty unit for a month I was constantly amazed at how much I would achieve in a day.
Given we will be doing renovations to the house - relatively small scale but messy - over the next few months the need for quiet writing time and space is even more pressing. Since Tom Collins House is surrounded by parkland in the leafy Perth suburb of Swanbourne peace and quiet should be available in abundance. How lovely.
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Congratulations -- that's fabulous!
-- Laura
That's bloody fantastic news Helen! Congratulations, hope you manage to blitz all of your personal writing goals while you are ensconced in your retreat.
That's great news, Helen! Let me be the first to post congratulations here.
That's fantastic news, Helen. Congratulations. You're going from strength to strength as a writer, and it's thoroughly well deserved.
I do think that's super, Helen. And it will get you out from under the renovators'feet as well. We will be exoecting Great Things out of his, mind:-)
Thanks, everyone. I'm very excited about it.
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