Archives by Tag 'Wings of Fear'
The Next Big Thing
It’s my turn today. Last week Karly Lane, author of the fabulous ’Bridie’s Choice’ tagged me in her post so make sure you drop by and check out her blog. So what’s it all about? The Next Big Thing is a blog series that’s been revolving around the internet for the last couple of months. [...]
Australian Women Writers Challenge 2012
Talk about scraping home by the skin of my teeth! As 2012 draws to a close I thought I’d best post my completed list for the Australian Women Writers Challenge. I’m a little stunned that I found time to read so many. A very big thank you to Elizabeth Lheude for instigating this wonderful challenge. [...]
And so that was Christmas :)
The day started with a leisurely walk on Trinity Beach, a bath for Zeus and breakfast by the pool. That was all too much for Zeus who then needed a pensioners nap… GW sent up a protective mantle of sandalwood smoke to ward off the mozzies – particularly those with the stripy footie socks who [...]
What’s it to you?
What do you love most about this time of year? Is it the nightly thunderstorms that start as tiny buildups in the west and end as growling monsters, with the Norse god, Thor, throwing lightening bolts around the skies? Perhaps it’s the frenetic shopping? With my poorly developed shopping gene I can’t say I get [...]
Babinda magic
The heat shimmers on the road as I drive south. The sugar cane in the fields is all newly planted and the stacks at the sugar mills stand silent guard over their domains. The sky’s turned pale blue as though the light is too bright for it. Summer has arrived. In North Queensland the razorback [...]
Perfecting the pitch?
Sadly my singing voice is definitely in retirement and my flute is unlikely to ever be pitch perfect again so I’m not talking ‘perfecting the pitch’ in a musical sense… Today I’m over at the Romance Writers of Australia blog talking about my journey from pitch to publication. RWA is running a series of interviews [...]
Where do writers write?
At the Queensland Writers Centre in the Queensland State Library of course! After the shock of landing from Cairns to find the temperature was 17 degrees on Friday, with a wind chill factor taking it even lower, I have to give Brisbane credit for turning on a glorious spring day yesterday. As I walked over [...]
Featured in The Weekend Australian
Cold War thriller sparks novel approach BY:MY FAVOURITE NOVEL – HELENE YOUNG From:The Australian October 06, 2012 12:00AM John Le Carre’s classic novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. CHOOSE one favourite book? That’s too difficult. I’ve lost count of my favourites across the years. I can however, share a book that changed [...]
Hello? Is this working?
Well now isn’t this fun! Helene’s crook in bed with a dreaded summer cold (kept me awake half the night coughing and carrying on. You don’t see dogs behaving like that…sniff..) Anyway, the thing is she left her computer turned on and within easy reach. Seems typing isn’t as hard as I thought it would [...]
Colours of our land
I’m visiting the wonderful Tote Bags ‘n’ Blog today and talking about the colours that make our land so special to us. Find the conversation at : http://authorsoundrelations.blogspot.com.au/