by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 3, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
One regular reader asked me to clarify how copha was procured in New York in order to make chocolate crackles for my Australia Day birthday party. I confess that it was my friend Kate who successfully ordered the contraband online at Simply Australian. Go to the site...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 2, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
This YouTube video of The Chaser’s Julian Morrow asking the simplest questions of residents of America’s heartland (and posing as Honest John for part of it) has been doing the rounds of the ex-pat community following its original broadcast on ABC-TV. The...
by Virginia Lloyd | Feb 1, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
As referred to in a recent post, I have had my first success as a grant writer on behalf of my client Simi Linton. We are still yet to hear precisely how many dollars will come tumbling her way, but it’s sure to be a long way from sufficient to putting her...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 31, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
New York City is no place for the faint of pocket. I have been noticing how my theatre-going and jazz-lounging has been curtailed over the past few months (I can be quite slow on the uptake sometimes) due to the pressing financial imperatives of rent and food. This is...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 28, 2007 | Blog, Memoir
Still recovering – literally – from a rather large joint birthday party celebrated on Australia Day with my friend Kate Veitch at her Manhattan residence (aka Phillip’s place). The photos will have to speak for themselves as my powers of articulation...
by Virginia Lloyd | Jan 24, 2007 | Blog, Improve your writing
Last night I attended a panel discussion about the writing of memoirs and articles in the first person. For $25 I got to hear from the editors of the New York Times “Modern Love” section and its magazine’s “Lives” section, from the...