by Anne Skyvington | Oct 19, 2017 | Publishing, Writing Topics
An Excellent Seminar In July I attended an excellent seminar held at the Australian Society of Authors (ASA) in Ultimo, Sydney, titled “Pitch Perfect”. The convenor, Emily Booth, an editor from Melbourne company, Text Publishing, led the workshop on how to...
by Anne Skyvington | Oct 2, 2017 | Writing Topics
Some Definitions Twins can be either monozygotic (“identical”), meaning that they develop from one zygote, which splits and forms two embryos, or dizygotic (“fraternal”), meaning that they develop from two different eggs. In fraternal twins,...
by Anne Skyvington | Sep 5, 2017 | Writing Topics
Online Dating If you have never thought about trying Online Dating services or downloading the Tinder App, you are probably in a loving, monogamous relationship, and you might just be, but not necessarily, over fifty! In any case, you are sure to have a son or a...
by Anne Skyvington | Aug 21, 2017 | Ecology, Writing Topics
Sick Earth The earth is sick, its lungs stuffed and out of puff, its bones brittle near to break cancer cells spreading throughout its crests amid tumescent landfill dense as gas Her womb’s barren as melting ice all of this oblivious only to the unexamined life...
by Anne Skyvington | Aug 8, 2017 | Books & Movies, Writing Topics
Most people can only claim to have known one truly great love in their life. In the same way, it is likely that you will remember having had no more than one inspirational teacher while at school, and one helpful mentor in your later professional life. And most...
by Anne Skyvington | Apr 22, 2017 | Writing Topics
Did you know that one in five Australians will personally experience clinical depression or a bipolar disorder over their lifetime, there are the families, partners, friends and work colleagues who are also drawn into the crisis. Often, it is these people on the...
