Non-book recommendations and Melissa Ferguson on science fiction and writing about the future

This week the hosts give recommendation for thing that they think are great.

Katherine’s are:

• Kumon (a maths tutoring program for kids)
• Having monitor that’s separate to your laptop
• Sarah Sentilles’s four questions (as discussed in this interview with Charlotte Wood)
• CorePlus online pilates, which is free!  AND they do daily live lessons AND you can download them.
• This trampoline. Yes, it’s expensive.

Kate’s are:

• Taking cuttings of plants
• The Australian Ballet has a digital season!  i.e. you can watch online.  Hard recommendation for Sleeping Beauty
• Elizabeth Gilbert’s Instagram – she’s answering writing questions.  One great answer : Write ONE (no more hour per day.
• Fires (controlled ones in your backyard)
• Buying delicious and unusual  things locally rather than going to the big stores.

Then Katherine talks to author Melissa Ferguson.

Some links to things they talk about:

• CAE creative writing courses
• Margo Lanagan
• Octavia Butler (parable books)
• The importance of having a great writers group!  Melissa’s includes: Melissa Manning, author of Smokehouse , Christopher Breach, Tim Byrne, Alex Fairhill, Jennifer Porter, and Stephen Samuel

• Australian author Karron Warren , who, according to Melissa is one of the most underrated authors in Australia
• This article, entitled Writing a Plausible Tomorrow