The Writing Process

Our journey continues with Part 4 of Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin.

Our journey continues with Part 3 of Under the Covers with Desiree-Anne Martin. Discovering some of the process behind the writing of Desiree-Anne Martin’s book We Don’t Talk About It. Ever [...]

Are stories harmful? While visiting a friend, I picked up Yuval Harari’s latest book and was intrigued by an essay titled: Life Is Not A Story[1].  As a medical doctor who sees the consequences [...]

At a recent Life Righting Collective Follow-up Group (aka FUG), I got to thinking about the sort of healing that writing can initiate. One of us wrote about writing off a car at the age of 21 – [...]

Our journey continues with Part 2 of Under the Covers with Desiree Anne Martin. As a beginner writer I take heart from Desiree’s respect for her craft in several ways. Firstly, it gives me clear [...]

This piece was first featured in http://booksbywomen.org Are we strengthened or rendered vulnerable by putting our truth into the hands of strangers? As writers, we are always being advised to [...]

Starting the Writing Process Helena Wagener is an LRC course graduate. We’re delighted that she has offered to write a series of blogs, interviewing Desiree Anne Martin about the process of [...]

#selfcare has been one of the trendiest hashtags on social media for a long while – thank you Pop Culture! However, I feel we need to make some room for less romanticised and [...]

Fine Music Radio’s Rodney Trudgeon interviews Dawn about the LRC and our anthology.  Very juicy listening and you get to hear some fabulous music choices by Dawn as well.  Grab a large cup [...]

It’s a topical issue in the world – who do we allow to cross our borders? What entry criteria determine our choices? We face exactly those dilemmas when reading and listening to others’ life [...]