Thanks, Gatton, Laidley … and Ipswich #LitChat
One of the pleasures of an author’s life is to have the opportunity to speak about their work and I’ve been doing that lately, at Gatton and Laidley Libraries in the Lockyer Valley on Friday 3rd November and now today at the Indie Author Expo at Ipswich Central Library. What a great resource the public library network is in Australia …. I invariably find the libraries are run by outstanding, dedicated professionals who are conscious of serving their reading public. Top marks
Thanks, Gatton, Laidley … and Ipswich #LitChat
One of the pleasures of an author’s life is to have the opportunity to speak about their work and I’ve been doing that lately, at Gatton and Laidley Libraries in the Lockyer Valley on Friday 3rd November and now today at the Indie Author Expo at Ipswich Central Library. What a great resource the public library network is in Australia …. I invariably find the libraries are run by outstanding, dedicated professionals who are conscious of serving their reading public. Top marks
Gatton, Laidley, Ipswich & Nowra – that’s where you’ll find me in November
The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story and To Love, Honour & Betray – book 2 of the Belleville family saga. OK so I confess – I’m still struggling to balance my day job and my life as an author but November will be a busy month for Library visits in Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in hearing me talk about my writing, the era in which my books are set, the social settings that shape the stories and how the story has developed, I look forward to meeting you at one of the
Gatton, Laidley, Ipswich & Nowra – that’s where you’ll find me in November
The House of Secrets: Julia’s Story and To Love, Honour & Betray – book 2 of the Belleville family saga. OK so I confess – I’m still struggling to balance my day job and my life as an author but November will be a busy month for Library visits in Queensland and NSW. If you are interested in hearing me talk about my writing, the era in which my books are set, the social settings that shape the stories and how the story has developed, I look forward to meeting you at one of the
Did you miss a bargain?
I haven’t been very active on my blog of recent times …. my excuse: busy with the day job and then trying to find time to write Book 2 of the Belleville family saga. Plus getting a bad virus that knocked me down for a while. I attended the recent pop up bookshop in Caloundra organised by the Tamarind Book Club on Sunday 6 November – a successful day for authors, I believe. I wanted to sell down the remainder of Book 1 stock – and I did pretty well at that – the stack was much
Did you miss a bargain?
I haven’t been very active on my blog of recent times …. my excuse: busy with the day job and then trying to find time to write Book 2 of the Belleville family saga. Plus getting a bad virus that knocked me down for a while. I attended the recent pop up bookshop in Caloundra organised by the Tamarind Book Club on Sunday 6 November – a successful day for authors, I believe. I wanted to sell down the remainder of Book 1 stock – and I did pretty well at that – the stack was much
Excuse me, but wasn’t I meant to spend the day writing?
It is a giant mistake to think you can give your website an update in half an hour. I tell you now that is impossible, so the several Sunday hours I should have spent with my characters, progressing their lives and loves, I instead spent updating my website and learning more about the capabilities of the CMS (content management system, for the uninitiated). I did achieve something though (I think). For anyone interested in my writing, you can get, for free, the first four cha
Excuse me, but wasn’t I meant to spend the day writing?
It is a giant mistake to think you can give your website an update in half an hour. I tell you now that is impossible, so the several Sunday hours I should have spent with my characters, progressing their lives and loves, I instead spent updating my website and learning more about the capabilities of the CMS (content management system, for the uninitiated). I did achieve something though (I think). For anyone interested in my writing, you can get, for free, the first four cha
What’s next? To Love, Honour & Betray
What’s next? Well I’ve been busy writing Book 2 of my Belleville family series. It will be entitled ‘To Love, Honour & Betray’ ……… but that’s all I am saying at this stage. Sometimes I find writing just flows, other times it’s a challenge, but I remember that old adage about just getting it written. It’s always possible to revise pedestrian prose but it’s impossible to revise a blank page. When I finish a chapter, I tend to print it out and read it in bed, with a pencil to ma
What’s next? To Love, Honour & Betray
What’s next? Well I’ve been busy writing Book 2 of my Belleville family series. It will be entitled ‘To Love, Honour & Betray’ ……… but that’s all I am saying at this stage. Sometimes I find writing just flows, other times it’s a challenge, but I remember that old adage about just getting it written. It’s always possible to revise pedestrian prose but it’s impossible to revise a blank page. When I finish a chapter, I tend to print it out and read it in bed, with a pencil to ma
