Kirsten Alexander

Kirsten Alexander
Location
Melbourne, Australia
Birthday
September 23
Bio
I've worked as a nonfiction book editor, web editor, magazine writer and copywriter. I've put my scant published work on this website: www.kirstenalexander.com. I'm currently writing a book about meat. It might take a while - we vegetarians have notoriously low energy levels. That's okay because my research has led me to meet a scarily smart naturopath and an amusing GP, and to learn that there is a meat recipe called Bacon Explosion.

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November 01, 2009 11:00PM
“I enjoyed reading your list of jobs. Strangely I was talking to a friend yesterday about whether our jobs are who we are. We agreed they're not but oft…”
About: Warm, wooly, socks
October 26, 2009 06:08PM
“Your story brought back memories of when my son was born. Like you, I was healthy, youngish, keen on a natural birth. I went to yoga classes, did my pe…”
About: C-Section Nostalgia: How My VBAC Failed Me
October 15, 2009 07:18PM
“I swaer to god, the rest of the world looks at this and is gob-smacked, astounded, bewildered. Don't let people have guns. Just don't. Doesn't matter w…”
About: The Message and Murder of a Pistol-Packing Soccer Mom
October 13, 2009 09:26PM
“I recall a friend warning me not to be too excessive with the first tooth. 'Look in your son's mouth,' she said. 'All of those teeth are going to go.'…”
About: The tooth! The tooth! Eww.
October 12, 2009 09:29PM
“I love these pictures - thank you. There's no snow where I live (Melbourne, Aust) but I'm so very tired of the winter that seems to have lasted forever…”
About: The Great White
October 12, 2009 09:25PM
“Makes me very sad to read this. It doesn't have to suck to be a kid! Maybe it's a bit different here (I live in Australia). Lots of kids walk to our lo…”
About: Sucks To Be A Kid
October 12, 2009 09:01PM
“My son had exactly this expression on his face when I insisted on taking a picture of him on his first day of high school. (I live in Australia: we hav…”
About: Balancing on the Middle School Tightrope
October 12, 2009 08:57PM
“May I recommend Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott? You might already know much of what she says about writing (sounds like you've been doing this for a while…”
About: Blocked
October 12, 2009 08:54PM
“Regarding the cell phone comment, I heard a woman speaking about this on the radio recently and it's no good at all! I live in Australia but it's just…”
About: It All Went Downhill When...
October 12, 2009 08:41PM
“Well I enjoyed your piece, for what it's worth:) Don't make the mistake I make all the time and post an article at a time when everyone is in bed cos i…”
About: Editors? Oh, EDITORS?!!
October 12, 2009 08:36PM
“Do you think books like this are popular now because life has been pretty tough lately? I know that life is tough at all times for someone somewhere, d…”
About: Only the Deadly Dull Need Apply
October 12, 2009 08:27PM
“I've always found the feedback I've had here enormously helpful - sometimes it's been to say something I wrote rang true for another person, sometimes…”
About: Appreciating people who reach out: influencers revisited
October 12, 2009 08:19PM
“bikepsychobabble Hi there. Thank you for coming back to follow up on this. I've been taking a swag of vitamins, on a schedule that the naturopath came…”
About: Am I Making Myself Sick?
June 19, 2009 03:23AM
“Hi Kathy, he hasn't really offered a suggestion at all. I am confused by it. Kelly, yes, think I'm going to focus on the vitamins... And latethink, I ea…”
About: Am I Making Myself Sick?
June 18, 2009 11:08PM
“He did - smart of you to think of that. They're good...”
About: Am I Making Myself Sick?
March 29, 2009 05:25PM
“Myblackfriendsays: Fair point, and my apologies if I caused any offense. While they're in common parlance, the terms First World and Third World probab…”
About: Why newspapers are now dead to me
March 29, 2009 04:53PM
“Thank you all for taking the time to read this, and for your feedback. It's such a good thing to have a place where you can hear from other people who…”
About: Poor people at the pool
March 26, 2009 11:30PM
“Thanks Kellylark - that's all really kind of you.”
About: Poor people at the pool
March 19, 2009 06:04PM
“This is extremely unnerving to watch. You're right - the tropps shouldn't have been there in the first place. Time to get out... Thanks for sharing.”
About: A Bad Day at Black Rock, Iraq
March 17, 2009 12:03AM
“This was appalling to read (the topic, not the compassionate skillful writing), but thank you nonetheless. I could hardly stand to look at the photogra…”
About: The Horror of Self-Immolation
March 16, 2009 11:57PM
“Hard to face that after a late night I'll bet... On another note, I just read about a window display in London that shows two women's bodies made from…”
About: Did you get that memo?
March 16, 2009 08:58PM
“I live in Australia, and while we've been hearing news of the global recession for some time now it's just hitting us in earnest this year. Companies a…”
About: Why is this restaurant crowded? We're in a recession, right?
March 16, 2009 08:53PM
“Too funny! And I love what you said about the writers you like: 'couldn't walk away from their work without it leaving a mark on me'. It doesn't matter…”
About: Interview with Myself, Odette, and Dorinda's Open Call
March 16, 2009 08:47PM
“Rated for including that photo of Phil Spector. Too funny. How could the jury have concentrated on anything he said while he was sporting that outrageo…”
About: An Open Letter to the White Guy at the Gym With the Afro
March 16, 2009 08:44PM
“Doloresflora_d: I love the smell and feel of paper too! But I read a lot of books and magazines so I get my paper fix there. And for a long airport del…”
About: Why newspapers are now dead to me
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