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Terry Pratchett's Hat

I went to an event to meet Rob Wilkins at Dymocks in Melbourne on  Wednesday 30th of September.

Writing prompt 1

I joined Reddit last week, after some gentle persuasion from number two son and found the writing prompt section. I used a pseudonym for the week and have thoroughly enjoyed some of the prompts. I will close down the account with the false name and open one with my own name but here is the first response to a prompt.

 [WP]
You are the President of the United States, and NASA has just informed

post #RWAus15 Anne Gracie, Bride by Mistake

post #RWAus15  second review

Anne Gracie, Bride by Mistake
Bride by Mistake by Anne Gracie

My rating: 3 of 5 stars


Bride By Mistake is a love story set in the years of the post Napoleonic Wars.
I enjoyed how Anne Gracie has given her female protagonist plenty of gumption without making her too modern for her era. The story has plenty of action and conflict to keep the pages turning and the

RWA Conference 2015 stories galore first review

I came home from the conference with thirteen novels by thirteen authors I have yet to read. I will review them as I finish. I am not very generous with my stars but if I like it I like it and only my childhood favourites get the five star treatment on sentimental grounds.
My reviews are based on
1 - believable characters
2- a plot that keeps me turning the pages
3- the structural integrity of

Monster Chores and colouring books

I love the trend toward colouring books for grown ups. I haven't always been a colouring book fan. Like many people I read that colouring books blunted the creative imagination of children so for a while I banned them from my home. Over time I came to realise that some of us need some outlines to fill in as we cannot simply grab an idea from the gurgling quagmire of our inner brainy bits. Some of

Stymied

I haven't written a blog for weeks. I panicked. I hit overload on advice. I can't have too many images or it wont open on hand held devices. I should make it more author focussed. I shouldn't waffle on about family things. I can't do this and I can't do that. I need to link to this that and the other platform social media outlet. My art should not link to where I have it linked to. I have too

19th of July 2015

I have been learning about blogging which may seem odd since I have been fluffing around on this one for some time now but a day is wasted if I don't learn something.
So blogging. My friend Mica tells me I put too much content in each post which makes for difficult reading on a hand held device so I am going to break up my posts into smaller chunks from here on.
I am advised I should change the

Poison Study Maria V Snyder

Poison Study by Maria V. Snyder
My

A new favourite place for a cuppa

I wandered along the street looking for a new place to sit and think about my stories. I have yet to establish a circle of friends in my new town and have not found a favourite cafe yet.

I went to one cafe in an old converted house filled with spindly furniture the parents of the 70s threw out to the tip. Old formica tops, off cuts of greyed timber and chairs with legs so spindly it was

The Eve of June

11.10pm on the 31st of May and the night is chill. My fingers are cold. I should put the heater on and warm the house before bed but I am going to catch up on my neglected blog instead.

It has been a whirlwind month of moving. Leading up to the move I simply could not get my act together to organise the packing and cleaning effectively. It was such a huge task. I put out panic calls on facebook