Sylvia Petter's Blog, page 3
October 31, 2020
Learning by doing
When I was locked in – I am loath to say stuck – in Sydney with loved ones three months longer than anticipated, I participated in an online ASA course on platforms like zoom, teams, etc. never thinking I would need to know, but just curious about how writers could still work in schools in...
October 10, 2020
Yes, we can!
So much has been happening that I can barely keep up, and I still have so much to do. Of course, only interesting things seem to rise to the top of my to do list, but there are chores to do and needs must. I nearly participated in Vienna Contemporary Art Fair in an installation...
August 3, 2020
What’s all this about networking?
Definition from Investopedia: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/... „What Is Networking? Networking is the exchange of information and ideas among people with a common profession or special interest, usually in an informal social setting. Networking often begins with a single point of common ground. „Networking is used by professionals to expand their circles of acquaintances, to find out about job...
June 15, 2020
Counting the days
The winter Sydney skyline has been glorious these last days. It´s the view I’ve been seeing since Boxing Day from the window of the guest room at our daughter´s and her hubby’s place. Gotta have a room with a view, someone once said. We were meant to fly back to Vienna on 23 March when...
May 4, 2020
We’re going to have to make some changes going forward
When on Twitter I heard about the recent earthquake in Puerto Rico, which happened at the same time as an Austrian daily, obviously in its own bubble, was saying that seismic activity had lessened, I had to write to a dear longstanding cybermate and friend to wish him and his family well. He gave me...
March 28, 2020
March 23, 2020
Love and Publishing in the time of Corona
My debut novel, All the Beautiful Liars, was published on 16 March 2020, a day that marked a blogtour that was to end the day before my husband and I were to leave more
February 29, 2020
Never Say Never!
As noted in a 2018 blogpost, I had left Facebook, but now I’m back. It was so difficult to leave Facebook that I swore that once I did, I wouldn’t… more
January 17, 2020
Coming soon…
But first, let me start the year by wishing Australia well. Here I mean all the good people speaking out, trying their best to preserve as much as they can… more
December 20, 2019
Tis the Season!
And I have done nothing at all Christmassy, which is fine. But don’t worry, I won’t do anything political either. Anyway, the politics in so many places is not anything… more
