Anna Goldsworthy Was Told She Was In ‘Birth Denial’. What Do You Think?

When Anna Goldsworthy, pianist and perfectionist, falls pregnant with her first child, her excitement is tempered by the daunting journey ahead. In this extract from her book, Welcome to Your New Life, she shares the dizzying wonder and crippling anxiety that come with creating new life. "At ten weeks, you are no longer…

ByFranki Hobson20/04/20200Comments

Book Secrets Revealed: How To Write A Bestseller

Okay, so it won’t exactly write the next 50 Shades of Grey or The Girl on the Train for you, but it may help you get on the right track. Former acquisitions editor for Penguin UK, Jodie Archer, and associate professor of English at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Matthew Jockers, have been compiling data for the last…

ByThe Carousel12/07/20160Comments

Relationships Wellness & Health

Horror High School Reunion Comes With A Warning

But two best friends talked me into it. “It’ll be a blast,” said #1 best friend. “You can finally get revenge on the Nasty Girl who said that nasty thing to you when you were fifteen that you’ve never forgotten. Even your twins know about it, don’t they?” said #2 best friend. Yes, that’s correct. The…

ByLJ Charleston26/10/20150Comments

Arts & Culture Careers Inspirational Women World

Meet The Former Cop Who Writes ‘Mummy Porn’

By day Trish Ingham is just like any of the stay-at-home mums in the sleepy seaside Queensland town of Hervey Bay. But when her two young children April and Declan are tucked in for the night, Trish's alter-ego transports her to worlds that would make most neighbours blush. Under the pen name of T.J Hamilton, the…

ByVictoria Webster20/10/20150Comments

Arts & Culture Careers

How to Write Memoir

Whether it’s something that you simply want to leave for your children or grandchildren to read, or whether you went through something life changing or traumatic and feel that writing a memoir will help you exorcise some demons – as a cathartic exercise – then it’s time to stop thinking about it and actually doing…

ByLJ Charleston31/07/20150Comments