A change of scenery: Melbourne beckons
It’s been a long time since I’ve had a bit of a holiday, and since I was accustomed to jetting off all over Asia or Europe or even further afield while I was living abroad, my soul’s taken a bit of a battering. Which is why I’m pretty excited to be spending a week in Melbourne - leaving soon!
There are lots of bonuses from a fiction writing point of view about this trip to Melbourne. For a start, I will be free of most of my blogging deadlines and posts for a whole week - this means I’ve spent the last couple of weeks working like a crazy woman to get ahead, but it’s all going to be worth it. Spending a bit more time than usual away from a computer will be very healthy.
Then there’s the inspiration factor. Being in a new place and seeing new things is always super-inspiring for a writer - well it is for me, anyway. I always get so many ideas when I’m on the road. And because I don’t have a tonne of commitments on this trip, I’ll have time to indulge myself with a notebook and my imagination.
I also hope to have time to finish off some reading I’ve been trying to get to. Since it’s almost four hours on the plane to Melbourne, and naturally, around the same coming back the following week, I’m hoping to get a couple of books finished off.
As well as getting all inspired while I’m away, I’m hoping to come back super-refreshed and ready to spend the rest of the winter working hard at my writing before summer arrives and I want to get outside more often.
There’ll still be blog posts coming up while I’m in Melbourne, but don’t be deceived, I’m not working hard on my holiday - I’ve managed to be organised enough to post ahead. I will be checking in on comments and the internet in general, though. And now, I’m off to Melbourne, I think!
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