Nothing like a pile of unfolded laundry to ruin the Zen-like ambience of your study.
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I'm from Adelaide, but I'm living in Abu Dhabi right now. One day, I saw a gold leaf four wheel drive. It made me cry.
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My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March. It looks like this:
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My first novel, Black Dust Dancing, was published by Wakefield Press in March. It looks like this:
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adelaide from adelaide 
My study is also where we dry laundry. Phd never going to be finished…
That’s why I’m often late for work. I know, the absurdity of being late to a paid occupation so that I can do unpaid work that only gets noticed if it’s not done…
My whole house is an expo of not-done chores.
But this is really good: I finally thought to get The Book at the same moment I had in my possession a credit card with actual CREDIT on it.
So off I went as extremely pleased to see your novel surrounded by Helen Garner, Eleanor Dark, David Malouf, Kate Grenville, Elizabeth Jolley, and so on.
It just looked very impressive, and now I am highly excited to receive it.
To celebrate, I am not folding the laundry. Hurrah!
I should elaborate…Australian Books Online as opposed to bookshop. It is posting itself to me as we speak. So Goody.
Ah yes, one of the things I’ve noticed about being a work-from-home writer for the past three years is that the housework got done.