In light of my recent blog about my work-in-progress, A Butterfly On His Shoulder, the timing of a media report from Tasmania (October 22) is truly bizarre. It seems the morgue, part of the historic Willow Court complex at the New Norfolk asylum where Arthur spent most
Read more →A WORK IN PROGRESS – GHOSTS OF GALLIPOLI A fellow author invited me to share some information about my current work-in-progress in an author ‘interview’ called The Next Big Thing! You may expect me to talk about The Water Doctor’s Daughters, or All Along the River; Tales
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I have always loved reading…. and libraries, even though I (like every other child I knew) was terrified of Miss Andrews, elderly custodian of the Lady Clark Children’s Library in my Tasmanian home town of Ulverstone. The Library was one of many established in memory of Lady
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THE WATER DOCTOR’S DAUGHTERS IS COMPLETE! After all my angst, the index to The Water Doctor’s Daughters was completed without Rob filing for divorce on the grounds that I was too irritable and unreasonable to live with. Mind you, neither of us will be taking up indexing
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A few weeks ago my partner Rob received a letter from China which began; I am Harvey Mbu, A Private Investment Manager, I am getting in touch with you regarding the estate of William CONOLLY, an investment placed under my management over 10 years ago, I would
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AUSTRALIAN WRITERS’ FORUM: A MODERATE SUCCESS? Pauline has suggested that I ePen some words about internet forum moderation based on my experience with the Australian Writers’ Forum (AWF). If the AWF is a nice place to be, that’s the forum members’ fault. But since Pauline has flattered
Read more →JAMAICA INN As child growing up in the late fifties there was a slim volume on our bookshelves that I turned to over and over again. It was certainly not intended for a ten or eleven year old, especially one more accustomed to Enid Blyton and The
Read more →I chose this story because Gnome is now a close neighbour of mine. He played a special part in Pauline’s book, All Along the River. Here is a little piece from the manuscript: ‘There was a touch of the surreal about the outdoor cafe we visited
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NEEDLES IN THE COMMENT THREADS ; ON-LINE BULLYING A lot has been written about cyber bullying among young people on social networking sites, but I was shocked to encounter the problem on an online writers’ forum. Generally speaking I found the members to be mature, articulate and
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Was it really twenty one years ago that Sydney hosted the Olympic Games? The photograph at left confirms that in the year 2000 I was a true Olympic nerd! The only previous time Australia had hosted the Games was in 1956, when I was five. I
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