My main quest is a Far North Queensland calendar. This week, I somehow side-quested two Christmas cards and four Halloween patterns. What are you creating instead of the thing you planned?

One creative idea can quickly become five possible products, but none of them will exist if the original project never gets finished. Sometimes you need to finish the frog first.

You don’t need to wait until your artwork, course or product is finished before talking about it. Sharing the story early gives people time to become interested in what you are creating.

How large does the month need to be on an illustrated A4 calendar? I’m weighing up visibility against artwork and space for people to write.

Building a creative business rarely follows a straight line. The tools, ideas and old versions we leave behind still help us find our own pretty way.

After almost two weeks of trying to make the trees and water work in my January calendar illustration, the answer arrived at 3am: the cassowary didn't need them. Sometimes the solution is taking something away.

Most people who think they have nothing to share are not boring. They are living too close to their own lives to see what is already there. When everything feels familiar, the moments with meaning often disappear first. This reflection looks at why ordinary weeks are rarely empty, and how noticing creates the distance needed for stories to emerge.