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R.J. Simon

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Australia

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RJ Simon lives in the Australian bush with her husband, their daughters, and way too many cats! There is also a wild wallaby with no respect for gardens, some cheeky parrots, goannas, echidnas, lots of spiders, and an emu with a taste for car keys.
RJ Simon is a member of the international professional organization for writers and illustrators of children’s literature - Society for Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators, the Australian Society of Authors, and the Children's Book Council of Australia. Her story Ruby Lane was recently published by thewordverve inc.

Find out more at website/blog:
www.booksbyrjsimon.com
For media, sales, and distribution enquiries contact :
https://thewordverve.com/
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R.J. Simon's Blog

Collaborations with other creatives are always interesting

Last year I wrote a little piece called Spun for an anthology. It's out now.
Obviously, I won't be reviewing it for goodreads, but I did write a little post about it on one of my blogs.
Find it here:
Flash

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Published on March 14, 2018 04:48 • Tags: anthology

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Average rating: 4.08 · 12 ratings · 11 reviews · 2 distinct works

	Ruby Lane 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Verve Flash: The Short Road to Big Fiction by Sharyn Bradford Lunn (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Janet Fix (Goodreads Author) (Editor, Contributor), Deborah Beck (Contributor) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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R.J.’s Quotes

“Believe there is a great power silently working all things for good, behave yourself and never mind the rest.”
― Beatrix Potter

tags: christian-behavior, faith, inspirational

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“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they'll take you.”
― Beatrix Potter

tags: writing

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“I cannot rest, I must draw, however poor the result, and when I have a bad time come over me it is a stronger desire than ever.”
― Beatrix Potter

tags: desire, drawing, rest

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“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

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