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Ann Lamott

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Melinda Brack is a writer, and author of the new collection of coming of age short stories Don’t Go Near the Water.

A Jill of all trades, Melinda has spent her life skipping from industry-to-industry and job-to-job. She lost count of the number of jobs she’d had at around sixty.   In 2020 she decided to revisit writing and started writing shorts stories about coming of age in the Australian bush during the 1970s.

Melinda has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional Writing from Deakin University.

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• Inspiration Boards
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Bad Decisions and Human Weakness

The inspiration board for the coming of age story The Walk Home. A story about bad decisions and human weakness.

How to prepare your reading voice

Guidelines for preparing your voice for an Open Mic reading

Be Quiet

Quietness and of the joy of being alive.

Morning Conversations

The chatter of neighbourhood birds.

The impossible task of choosing one favourite story.

Choosing one of anything is too limiting. My Collection.

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“If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. I will capture nights all over the world and bring them to you.”

Henry Rollins