Emily

My kidney health story so far (#KHW15, May 24-30)

It's Kidney Health Week (#KHW15) next week. And Kidney Health Australia has asked people to share their kidney health stories. I thought about contacting them to share mine, but my story isn't much of a story at this stage. It's more like a ...

Still Alice – Lisa Genova (book review)

My apologies. It's been a while between book reviews. Life and writing work has gotten in the way of both reading and personal writing recently. But a recent Book Depository sale had me champing at the bit to make up for lost time. So, if you like ...

I knew a love (a writing exercise)

You may remember that in December, I joined a writing group and received some writing prompts. Then again, you may not, because I haven't posted anything resulting from those prompts since Hoof camp in January. Well, I got some writing going ...

Practical grammactical: when is a word not a word?

When is a word not a word? When it should be two words. Thank you all for your enthusiasm with the launch of Practical Grammactical last month. (And particularly big thanks to Bron at Maxabella loves for kicking it all off by asking for this ...

This is how we do

I haven't done a song rewrite for a while. And every time I hear Katy Perry's song, This is How we Do (which, thanks to my daughter's taste in music, is more often than I really need to), I can't help thinking about how totally not like that song my ...

Why I’m not a fashion and beauty blogger

Okay, everyone who knows me: stop laughing. Seriously, you NEED to stop laughing. I know it's obvious why I wouldn't be a fashion blogger. I KNOW. But I've been asked the question. More than once. (I KNOW. Stop laughing already!) I like to look ...

Sugarlump and the Unicorn – Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks (book review)

Sugarlump and the Unicorn / Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks (Macmillan Children's Books, 2013) I asked my daughter to choose a book to review this week, and she went straight for this one. I should have known. A rocking horse! A unicorn! ...

Toddler music group – farm songs

Last month, I wrote about hosting a music group for toddlers. That post outlined all the things to think about before starting. And now, it's time for the fun posts: the actual music group programs! Without further ado, I'm going to dive into ...

Practical grammactical: punctuation part II

Hello there! Welcome to the beginning of what might become a new series at emhawkerblog. I call it the beginning, but really, this is the second post (hence the 'part II' in the title). The first post went live about half an hour ago over at ...

Seven things I learnt from the Melbourne #PBevent

On Tuesday, I had the pleasure of attending a blogging event hosted by ProBlogger. To be honest, I wasn't really sure what it was going to be about. I knew it would be about blogging, and I knew I'd see some bloggy buddies. And I knew that ...