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Taking Leave

February 1, 2017 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

This piece is one of three assessments for a Spring School course I completed through University of Tasmania. I had to write something in response to the prompt "Holiday" and present it creatively. For June   Your pansies smile gaily in your garden Not knowing their fate Already the dandelions are growing tall Eclipsing … [Read more...]

Cicada Song

December 28, 2016 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

The rhythmic hum overhead gains pace Thrumming waves filling the sky A din that builds and builds Like the thick, hot air This is the summer of my childhood Eucalyptus scent, thick with cicada crescendo These creatures celebrating life, celebrating freedom After being hidden for so long in a dusty tomb Encouraging their army … [Read more...]

What writers need

November 24, 2016 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

The creative writing project I've been involved with over the past four months, The Write Road, drew to a close last week.   I can't tell you how proud I felt as I watched the 17 grade 5 and 6 students I had mentored during these months pore over the pages of the anthology their work was published in, along with the work of 30 others … [Read more...]

Creative writing exercise: What could Alder be thinking?

November 12, 2016 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Fiction is something I'm still learning how to write. Actually I'm certain it will be something I am learning to do for my entire life.   With this in mind, I'm currently studying The Open University's Start Writing Fiction course. I'm way behind, as I am prone to do because I take on too much stuff, but today I wrote a piece prompted by … [Read more...]

Inspiration in Magic Lessons

September 8, 2016 By Johanna Baker-Dowdell

You know that feeling you get when everybody is talking about something really special, but you just can't see what it is they are fascinated by? That was me with Elizabeth Gilbert. I say was because I've now joined the LG fan base, however it was a long time coming. Like many women (and some men) I read Eat Pray Love. Unlike many women I wasn't … [Read more...]

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