Dear Blog,

I’m really sorry I haven’t been in touch, I’ve just been so busy. And I know it’s not much of an excuse, after all I’ve found time to twitter and email, facebook, but not you. I can’t imagine how you’ve been feeling.

But I hope you understand that now with hubby’s help I’ve ungraded your versions, I’m still in the process of overhauling your look, but you won’t know yourself – promise.

I can understand if you say, yeah I’ve heard this all before. Gosh, it was 1999 when I got my first blog and that’s gone now, poof into the ether – the accidental chef – but I’m good now, that won’t happen to you.

So what have I been doing in the last two years? I finished RMIT finally, after that year off, I went back and did my last subject, that was great.

I worked for a travel writer doing research and some writing. That was interesting too. Then I turned to my first trade of admin for a year working for the Uniting Church part-time to get back into the swing of work, and that was really nice too, great people – and then suddenly fell into my first official writing/ editing gig with ArtsHub. I get to talk to amazing people, go to great things, it’s quite amazing. Finally I feel like a writer, a real writer. And I get paid to write online!

I’m afraid, our other friends Novel, Children’s Fiction and Short Story have been sadly out of touch with me too. Even Shop, Cook, Eat Repeat.com has been off in the ether alone. I’m very sorry. But twitter has changed me. I’m so much more engaged with the virtual now. I hope you understand and we can all get together soon.

A couple of weeks ago I got to cover the Melbourne Writers Festival, and had the pleasure of my first media pass. I hope this doesn’t hurt your feeling my dear Blog, that I’ve been writing for someone else? It’s different you see, it’s not like us. Oh dear, this is awkward, but what I was hoping to do for a few days was share with you some of the things I wrote there. I don’t want you to feel like you’re just getting the left overs – though technically you are. I just wrote far more than I could use – possibly more than you want too. But I hope you like it.

It’s a bit retrospective – a couple of weeks ago now, so I’ve got a tiny blurb before each for your perspective gaining pleasure.

I’m really glad we’re back in touch – thanks for listening.