Did you write poetry as a teenager? I did. Copious amounts of it. Most of it was thrown out during numerous house moves, but the one below was a little different. I wrote it for a girlfriend when we finished school. She, in turn, had it made into a scroll for my thirtieth birthday. I Continue reading
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Sweet!
It’s nearing the end of the cane cutting season in Cairns and the ground is dusty as summer bears down on us. Yesterday morning, as I rode into Cairns on my pushbike, I could smell the cut cane long before I could see the harvesters at work. The sweet, green scent in the air is Continue reading
These shoes are made for clogging
Ever heard of clogging? Up until last Tuesday night I hadn’t either, but now not only is it in my vocabulary, but I’ve been clogging and loved it! Who knew I had any rhythm in my feet at all. I was always the one going left in aerobics when the class was going right – Continue reading
Getting to the heart of it
Ever wondered how authors create those quirky, vivid small towns that I for one love to read about? Today I have a master of this art as my guest. She’s had a very busy month blogging all over the blogsphere, but she’s made time to come and chat about the differences and similarities in small Continue reading
Crimance at SheKilda
Say what? Crimance? SheKilda? You don’t know what either of those words mean? Shame on you. Clearly you’ve been living under a rock for the last month. In 16 days time I’m heading to Melbourne to rub shoulders with the elite of Australian female crime writers at the Sisters In Crime convention aptly named – Continue reading
Silver Dawn
Don’t be late for training on the ski – the boys don’t wait!
Yungaburra Book Fair
The Yungaburra Book Fair The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the historical village of Yungaburra on September 10th from 10am-4pm. This year the theme is ‘Books & Cooks’ – A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from many of Continue reading
Perfect Promise
My guest today is debut Penguin Australia author Cathryn Hein. I met her in person at this year’s RWA conference and snaffled one of the last copies of Promises at the bookstore!! It’s a wonderful story. I hope you enjoy learning more about our latest Australian Rural Romance Author. Cathryn, congratulations on your debut novel, Continue reading
Looks can be deceiving…
When a friend dropped around this morning for his weekend triple-shot-expresso we told him we were headed to Port Douglas for lunch. ‘Try the services club,’ he advised us. GW and I looked at each other and smiled politely. Services club in Port? If it was any good we’d have heard about it before now Continue reading
Kathy Mexted – Interview with Helene
Kathy Mexted, Freelance Journalist, published an interview with me in AOPA magazine. Find it here – http://kathymexted.typepad.com/files/aopa-pilot-pages-18-to-19-1.pdf