My new book Indigo Storm was inspired by a road trip I took my partner, Garry and the kids, in July 2015. Before we left, I had an idea of what story I wanted to tell, but it had been a long time since I’d spent any long periods of time at my childhood…
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Sometimes I just have to pinch myself. Today is one of those days. I’m so proud to be able to show you the cover of my 7th novel! When I started writing I had no idea it was going to get this far. I didn’t know I was any good at writing and I…
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We had some great times in 2015 and I thought it would be fun to look back over the good times. It makes me realise that 2015 wasn’t quite as bad as I thought it was! And it reminds me of the things I’ve learned over this year. This is was the first sunset of…
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Happy New Year! Has it been a good start for you? We spent the evening at the foreshore in Esperance having tea with friends and watching the fireworks. It was a really pleasant way to see in 2016. I’ve spent the first two days going through the final edit of Indigo Storm. It’s been a…
DetailsCALLING ALL WRITERS! So now I’m not farming full time, I need to put all of my efforts into writing. I sat down with a friend to map out my next twelve months and we came up with an idea to run a Writer’s Workshop. The Making of your Manuscript workshop is a limited…
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I know it’s been a while since I’ve written on my blog – and once again, I’m sorry! Indigo Storm, my next book, has been taking my time away from here – I had a deadline which I didn’t make… THREE times! Finally, right on the death knock of November, I managed to get…
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You know that feeling when you head back to your childhood home, where you know every corner and bump in the road and every sight is familiar? Well that’s what I’ve been feeling while we’ve been away on holidays. Although it was a holiday, it was also a research trip for my next book…
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*Warning some of these photos are graphic!* Imagine this; it’s 9pm and I’m sitting on the couch at Bushbabe‘s house and the phone rings. We both look at each other wondering. After all it’s reasonably late for a phone call! It’s my daughter… ‘Now mum, I don’t want you to panic but…’ There is nothing…
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To coin a phrase, but slightly twist it, from Amanda over at Bush Babe of Oz (BB): ‘It’s no secret I’m a Bush Babe of Oz fan.’ In fact I think Amanda and I have a mutual admiration party going on! Not sure how long ago it was now, that we met online – I was…
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It’s been a while now, since Emerald Springs came out. Three months in fact! Like I said in a previous post, it was pretty hard to write – there was lots going on. One of the things that kept me focussed was that I had huge tour in front of me. We were…
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the roads in the Mid north of SA It’s funny where life takes you. Often you have know idea what is around the corner, or if you do, it’s completely different to what you thought was going to be there. I saw a quote on Facebook yesterday and it went something like: ‘Life didn’t go…
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I left Esperance today, to fly to Perth and then across to Adelaide. I’m really looking forward to getting back to my old home state, catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. Suburbs of Adelaide are getting most of the attention during this leg of the tour, but there is a couple…
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