Fearless Friday - Creative Writing Energy

My Fearlessness has taken me into territory that I wasn't sure I wanted to go to, and beyond!

I'm writing a non-fiction book that's more in Cate's territory, but I'm not writing it as Cate. Which is terrifying because it's using all the alternate and spiritual practices I've been investigating (that most of my family and friends deem weird and wacky) and openly admitting that I use them.

Back in early 2018, I started blogging about them here, to see how brave I was! I called it Saturday Search and there were about 6-8 posts like this one http://www.cateellink.com/2018/02/saturday-search-energy.html

Then, I went off on something else and almost forgot I'd written them...until I was talking to fellow writer, Kim Petersen, who was writing similar things on her blog.

We got talking, and now we're putting together a book for writers, where we're opening up about our practices and techniques to access the deeper parts of ourselves.

This is our cover and blurb.

And we have a sign up for more information here:
https://whisperinginkpress.com/creative-writing-energy/

We're hoping to help inspire other writers.

Would you like to come and join us :)

Fearless Friday - workshops

I've taught a few writing workshops, which I really enjoy, and tomorrow I'm off to do another one, this time with Kim Petersen.

I've only dabbled a little in Self-Publishing, but Kim's had a bit more experience in that, so we've teamed up to run a workshop together.

I don't know how we'll go because this is the first time we've taught together, but we've done author talks together and they've worked out easily enough. So I'm hoping for the same in a workshop.

Kim and I have been working a bit together, and it's nice not doing everything on your own. But when I'm Catherine, we become Cath and Kim, and if you're aware of that TV show, we're not credible! LOL! So we're going to try to be Kim and Cate ... and if we're lucky people won't laugh as soon as we introduce ourselves!

So that's my fearlessness this week - tandem teaching!

How's your fearlessness faring?

Wildlife Wednesday - snorkelling and underwater critters

Selfie :)

After my waves day, I decided to go down to the rockpool and see how the snorkelling was. I was going to go out into the ocean but I was on my own and no one about, so much safer in the rockpool (It's not Fearless Friday so I can totally admit that here!)

I had a few issues:

• IT WAS FREEZING!!! Much colder than the ocean had been.
• They'd cleaned it since I was last there and so much of the growth, the larger fish, and the rock on the floor were gone.
• Did I mention how cold it was?

But I went for a swim anyway, and I was pretty happy with some of the shots. I even dug out Dakin's Australian Seashores to work some of these out!

Side on view - limpet (front), chiton (middle), periwinkles (back)

Top view

Reflection - and there's fish in the middle!

A close up of the fish

Reflections again

Another reflection

Top hat and nudibranch

Nudibranch (sea slug)

I love these things!

Limpet - side on

periwinkles

Update on waves

Saturday was magical. Warm, still, calm seas with lovely rolling waves. I went for a swim...with my camera...

Gorgeous day for a swim

Water like crystal

Waves coming in nicely, no undertow, so I could go out deeper

I was trying to catch the wave as it rolled over - a bit early here

And try to catch the wave as it rolled over...or a bit late!

And this time I nailed it - finally!

I was on top of the world - or on top of the wave anyway!