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[Sherri]

Haha thats when its a good day for a swim! :D

[Michael]

I wouldn't recommend going outside at all

[Sherri]

Pfft, lol christmas day was like that and we went to church and then the beach

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Knowledge Lost wrote: "You bunch of sooks, its 32 degrees and thats a cold day :P"

Pffftt!!! Cold!!! You should live down south KL!!! You don't know what cold is...lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sherri wrote: "I know! I love camping and I'm going to try to drag one of my friends from the states with me lol"

That would be awesome Sherri! Hope it happens:)

[Sherri]

Oh no Brenda for him to know cold he should live in Alaska! ;D thats some cold weather for ya!!!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sherri wrote: "Oh no Brenda for him to know cold he should live in Alaska! ;D thats some cold weather for ya!!!"

Haha!! That sure would make his toes curl;D

[Michael]

I wish! I miss Sydney so much

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Knowledge Lost wrote: "I wish! I miss Sydney so much"

Well, down you come KL!! We'll welcome you;D

[Maggie]

Knowledge Lost wrote: "Maggie wrote: "I've just heard that the first Lee Child book is about to be made into a movie, and Tom Cruise is tipped to play Jack Reacher - can't see it myself."

I don't see it either, and I'm not sure why they are making book 9..."
Are they making that one as well as the first book?

[Maggie]

Michael wrote: "Is it just me or do these two covers look remarably similar?"

A little too similar if you ask me. Guess they are using photoshop or similar for their cover images.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Is it just me or do these two covers look remarably similar?



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Exactly the same, except for the writing Michael:(

[Adhityani]

Michael wrote: "Is it just me or do these two covers look remarably similar?



"

Looks like they're using the same photo! Might have been a stock photo....

[Michael]

Maggie wrote: "Are they making that one as well as the first book? "

No plans to make book 1 yet

[★ Jess]

What does everyone think of those Mitcham High School girls-or was that just SA news?

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

★ Jess wrote: "What does everyone think of those Mitcham High School girls-or was that just SA news?"

Haven't heard anything over here Jess?

[★ Jess]

http://au.news.yahoo.com/latest/a/-/l...

[★ Jess]

Its still up on youtube. We spent ages talking about this today with our history teacher.

It was stupid but they definitely dont deserve to be punished like this (so much media and expulsion). Its going to come back and bite them in a few years. Its unfair on them, their families and the school. What they did isn't even uncommon. I've heard far worse things being said in a normal classroom environment. My teacher agrees. Its only different because they put it on youtube, OBVIOUSLY as a spoof of Kony2012. What they did was definitely wrong, but they dont deserve to be punished so. It doesn't deserve to be a news story, not at all.

[★ Jess]

I didn't say they should have put it up. They're stupid to upload that to the internet, but its clearly just a joke (With a poor sense of humor). Its not a real news story, and though the girls were dumb, its the media making this out to be way bigger than it should be. Because openly talking about sex, in school, at such an age, is really not that surprising.

[Jessy]

Hope you all have a wonderful day!!!

[Sherri]

Happy Easter all!!! A wonderfully cheerful day to you all :D

Now off to church and The Adelaide Botanic Gardens again :)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Beautiful pics girls, thanks for them! Happy Easter to everyone....don't eat too much chocolate;D

[Amber]

Love the pics! Have a great Easter, everyone! :-)

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Michael wrote: "Had lunch with family friends down at Brighton was a lovely afternoon. Dont like chocalate so what do i get you guessed it choccy eggs will have to bring them into work tomorrow and let my co worke..."

Would be gorgeous at Brighton Michael:) Glad you had a lovely day! Your work mates would be happy to receive them, I'm sure!! lol

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

That's gorgeous Carmel, thanks for sharing that:)

[[deleted user]]

G'day Carmel, hope you are feeling heaps better!!!...(-:

[★ Jess]

Happy Easter everyone! Sounds like a fantastic day Michael :) I just had a lunch with the fam. Got heaps of chocolate though, and unlike Michael, I adore chocolate. Im totally expecting my skin to break out now, but whatever, it was totally worth it! :D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Glad you had a lovely Easter Jess! Yes....adore chocolate:D

[★ Jess]

It is the most beautiful thing in the world. Haigs, Lindt, Cadburry....mmmmm

[Sherri]

Hmm Im neutral cuz I like milk choc and lots of other candy like sour gummies and jelly beans!

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Sherri wrote: "Hmm Im neutral cuz I like milk choc and lots of other candy like sour gummies and jelly beans!"

Now, Sherri, you are an Aussie now....they are lollies, not candy...;D lol

Sour gummies and jelly beans are delicious too....totally agree there, I love lollies too;D

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

★ Jess wrote: "It is the most beautiful thing in the world. Haigs, Lindt, Cadburry....mmmmm"

Yes, yes, yes!!!! Hahahaha!!!

[[deleted user]]

Woooo my brother came back from Japan yesterday, and had lord of awesome pressies for me and my friend (who has practically been adopted into our family as her patents are moving out west) I'm very happy little sister:)

[Sherri]

Hahaha I am still trying to remember what y'all call everything! Its a work in progress! ;D

Thats awesome Melanie!

[Sherri]

I have not had any yet :D

[Sherri]

Btw, the Kurrangaa(sp?) bmx track in Adelaide is so much fun!!!!!!

[[deleted user]]

just a fun family book buying story


so a little while ago when Book Depository was having that send 10% off to your friends sale, I sent one of to my dad. Being a busy man he only recently got around to seeing my e.mail, and went to see if he could purchase cheaper then he was seeing it over here (has been wanting it for awhile) being BD he did.

well I have noticed ever since that first purchase no fewer then 8 BD parcels have turned up at our house without my name on them!
God I love the feeling of getting my dad back into the book buying addiction :)lol

[[deleted user]]

Haha. I love dads =). That sounds like me and my dad lol.

[Sherri]

Lol if only my dad was like that

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Melanie wrote: "just a fun family book buying story


so a little while ago when Book Depository was having that send 10% off to your friends sale, I sent one of to my dad. Being a busy man he only recently got a..."

Awesome Melanie;D

[Tui]

There are only 55 of our beautiful little Maui's dolphins left alive. They are the world's most rare and also the world's smallest dolphins and they live off our west coast. I've been travelling up and down the country this week to Maui's protest marches.
Since we're allowed to chat about whatever we like here, can I ask you to sign a petition to ask our gov't to take action to protect them? The petition closes in a few hours so it's the last chance. There is full info and links to the petition here:
http://www.hectorsdolphins.com/

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tui wrote: "There are only 55 of our beautiful little Maui's dolphins left alive. They are the world's most rare and also the world's smallest dolphins and they live off our west coast. I've been travelling up..."

That's awful Tui!! How sad..I have signed the petition.

[Tui]

Thank-you Brenda - you were just in time - I just heard it's now closed.

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Tui wrote: "Thank-you Brenda - you were just in time - I just heard it's now closed."

I'm glad I didn't miss it!

[Mish]

click the link and see how books are made....just lovely

http://laughingsquid.com/birth-of-a-b...

[Brenda, Aussie Authors Queen]

Mish wrote: "click the link and see how books are made....just lovely

http://laughingsquid.com/birth-of-a-b..."

That's amazing! :D

[Tui]

These days you just click on a computer file and a number like 1 and the machine spits out one copy of the book. Then you feed it another different filename and say a number 3 and it spits out 3 copies of another book. It's called POD (Print On Demand)
Removes all necessity for large print run to make individual copies cheaper as in the old days.

[Tui]

That's why it costs $0.00 to make a book available these days. I spent $0.00 to make my book available for purchase in print. It was already an e-book but friends and rellies pestered for the print version so I quickly did all book design myself using a template provided free. People can go to Amazon, order 1 copy and the machine only prints it out once it has received the order. The irony is that it seems to be selling better than the e-book now though the e-book is a fraction the price.
Of course I'd paid a lot for assessment and editing etc but that was all done already for the e-book. Didn't have to be done again for the print book.

[Michael]

Mish wrote: "click the link and see how books are made....just lovely

http://laughingsquid.com/birth-of-a-b..."

hand bound books are pretty

[Tui]

I agree. I own some and they are precious to me.