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Because I've always been passionate about reading and writing myself I try to encourage any youngster I might come across to read more. I have a couple of kids in the neighborhood who've adopted me as an 'auntie' and I often lend them books or read with them. I think the younger a child is when you start to encourage them with reading the more likely they are to be passionate readers when they're adults.
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That's great that you do that Tracey...I totally agree with what you say:)
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Shel has a little more time than you do Carmel!!
Excuse me for being rather quiet today; I'm sick with a headache. All I want to do is lie down and put the covers over my head...
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Sorry to hear Margaret...hope you feel better soon:)
Thanks, Brenda, I'm going to bed in a few minutes. Fingers crossed I wake up better.
Yay!!!..received my first shippment of books from Digital Print Australia, I received permission from my publisher to use them, this saves me so much in postage costs not comming from America....(-:
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Fantastic news David!
Thank you Brenda, & what is also great, is anyone can buy direct from Digital Print Australia as well.
Question! Does anyone know of any discussion groups (or even a thread on this group) where I can post the plot of a book that I've forgotten the title of? Pretty keen to find it but have no idea what it's called!Anyway.. I'll post it here as well so if any of you happen to know the title you may be able to tell me! :)
It's a children's chapter book, with a picture of a boy pushing a trolley full of bottles on the front cover. The family was working class, kind of struggled with income, and the boy would collect bottles to recycle to make a bit of money. His name was either Jack, Charlie or Tom.
It's a very vague recollection of the story but if you happen to know which book I'm talking about let me know! :)
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Here's the thread for that question Monica (and this thread is a good start!) http://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/5... ...I'm sorry, it doesn't ring any bells with me, but maybe someone else can help:)
Hope you're feeling better Margaret. Congratulations David, nothing quite like holding your novel in your hands to make you feel like a real writer.I've started to feel really tired again lately - I hope it's not a return of my previous blood condition. I'll have to get the doc to check it out but in the meantime I think I need to concentrate a little more on my diet and general fitness, maybe that will help. Along with taking my iron supplement of course
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I've started to feel really tired again lately..."
Do hope you're ok Tracey, and you don't have a recurrence of that horrible problem you had before! Take care of yourself.
Maybe it's the weather, Tracey, but I'm tired, too. The headache proved to be a forerunner of a respiratory bug, but I dosed myself up and went out dancing last night with my husband. Paid for it today...Sorry you've had blood problems. Good nutrition is vital for health, as is exercise at an appropriate level and only when you're feeling up to it. (I know I overdid it with the dancing...)
Look after yourself, Tracey!
Tracey wrote: "Hope you're feeling better Margaret. Congratulations David, nothing quite like holding your novel in your hands to make you feel like a real writer.
I've started to feel really tired again lately..."
Thank you Tracey, my book of poetry it is...(-:
I've started to feel really tired again lately..."
Thank you Tracey, my book of poetry it is...(-:
Carmel wrote: "Monica it's not Shaun Tan's The Lost Thing is it - the boy collects bottle tops? "Thanks for the reply Carmel! But no it's not that one. Sounds similar though.
Brenda, thanks for the link - will re-post in that thread!
I just want to compliment Georgina on her writing. I read some samples, and it impressed me greatly. Best of luck!
Georgina wrote: "I make the pumpkin soup with oranges (juice only) added right at the end, so the taste doesn't cook out. And cream of course, and a dollop of tomatoe paste. Served with fresh bread and butter. Stav..."My nana has one i will have to get her picnic basket full of her hand written recipes out :) I love pumpkin scones
Went to The Jezabels concert last night. Just like Florence, was in the second row :) Such an amazing night. I touched Hayley Mary twice-and called out that I loved her and she made eye contact and smiled :D I love that woman so much, plus her dancing is stunning.
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I touched Hayley Mary twice-and called out that I loved her and she made eye contact a..."
Sounds like you had another wonderful night Jess! Good on you:)
Just warning everyone. Malla Nunn, the great crime fiction writer, has had her Twitter account hacked. I received a DM claiming to be from her, talking about a photo that made me look ridiculous. I was seriously puzzled and concerned, and eventually contacted Malla, who advised me it was spam, and that she'd been hacked! Not good...
Argh! Hacking is ubiquitous. I've got to the point at which I will conduct no actual business on the internet. Of course, avoiding professional engagement on the internet would be somewhat counterproductive for an author! (Don't know why I'm using all these exclamation points. It must be the coffee.)
We authors need the internet for so many reasons. I don't understand hackers. They spoil things, often for strangers.
Well, according to Martha Stout, at least 5% of people are sociopaths, from which reservoir, I guess, you get a lot of malicious hackers -- not to mention a fair sampling of malicious everything else. I don't understand them either, but then, I suppose if you're motivated mostly by Schadenfreude, it's not inconsistent to want to spoil things. :(
Great reading weather in the Hunter Valley today...rain, rain and more rain!
The rain, it raineth on the just,And also on the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella.
Actually, we could use some rain here. It is (as always) infernally hot and arid. (Good reason for me to stay in and read, too, though.)
Love the cat picture!
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That's terrible Margaret...hope she can get it sorted quickly! Total losers, hackers!
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Hahahah!! Love it Vix!! It's finally stopped...don't know for how long though!
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And also on the unjust fella.
But mostly on the just, because
The unjust steals the just's umbrella.
Actually, we could use some rain here. It is (as always) inf..."
What part of the US are you in Mark?
Hi, Brenda. I'm in (horrible dictu) ...Texas! (It just happened.) Anyway, the weather here is hot, with occasional sunspots. :)
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Wow...Texas! Do you have any yellow roses in your garden? ;)
If there were a garden that could survive the nuclear blast furnace (and actually, I live in an apartment complex dominated by parking lots), then I'd probably have some. In truth, though, I don't believe I've ever seen a yellow rose in the state; I suspect it's all been just a massive marketing ploy.
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Oh dear...I'm disappointed;) At least you don't have to try to keep things alive, living in an apartment!
Mark wrote: "If there were a garden that could survive the nuclear blast furnace (and actually, I live in an apartment complex dominated by parking lots), then I'd probably have some. In truth, though, I don't ..."I'd love to send some rain your way Mark....I'll just text "send the rest to Texas" to mother nature...I'm sure she'll be on top of it. It has been raining here since last night and hasn't stopped for the past 19 hours at my place. I'm thinkingof making the dog a set of stilts - she's a Jack Russell Terrier with a low centre of gravity - lol.
I hope your appartment block osn't on
77 Shadow Street. It's next on my TBR list.
I always know when winter arrives here, because the temperature dips momentarily below seventy. You have my commiseration, though. I grew up in the North, and had very little tolerance for the cryogenic effects of prolonged exposure.
Hi, Vixen, I'm afraid Mother Nature has lost her cellular service, and no longer receives texts. Of course, it could be a radical change in the global climate, or possibly a massive, occult conspiracy to drown Jack Russell terriers -- there's no telling. (The climate change theory involves having recourse to science and actual knowledge, which is forbidden by statute where I live.)
Brenda - No, it would clearly not be possible to keep anything alive here. (Well, mold might be an exception, but it lacks some of the appeal of flowers and Jack Russell terriers.)
Vixen - I hadn't even heard of Koontz's book, but I checked the link. Is 77 Shadow Street supposed to be in Texas? (Of course, if it's a mansion inhabited by an ancient, malignant spirit, it's probably someplace around here.)
Mark - you gave it that "homely" feel that made me think of this book. I lack malicious highrises in my area...just have a few angry Maltese dogs in the neighbourhood. :)
Vixen - Heh. Yes, Koontz -- evoking unspeakable horrors -- would definitely make one think of Texas. Well, at least they're dogs, and not falcons. :)
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Mold loves to live everywhere:(
Yes, the meek-otoxins will inherit the earth. :(
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That sounds like the start of a good book!!
Brenda - It was a dark and stormy night. The meek-otoxins had inherited the earth. Nothing sentient was around, so no one did anything, and no violations of the Heisenbergian uncertainty principle were observed. The End.Nah, maybe just a novella.
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Hahahaa!!! Can I mark that down as another book I've read....;)
Hi all,I have just been to the Literature Centre in Fremantle and I bought a tiny drawing by Shaun Tan! Very exciting. Now I have to get it framed.
Brenda - Sure, go ahead! Just be sure to give it a glowing review! :)
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I have just been to the Literature Centre in Fremantle and I bought a tiny drawing by Shaun Tan! Very exciting. Now I have to get it framed."
Awesome Deb! How fantastic! When you get it framed (or before) could you put up a pic for us to see?
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Hahaha!! Oh most definitely:)
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Good for you....it's great to see such a passion!