I may have a little seawater in my veins… My dad was a marine engineer who worked on oil tankers and spent large stretches of time away from home. As a six year old I can remember Mum piling the three of us into the backseat of the old Holden station wagon and driving down Continue reading
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Sealed with a kiss
The first thing I noticed at the welcoming cocktail party for GenreCon was the bass note to the buzzing conversation. The second thing was how many familiar faces were there from fellow writers to readers to publishing industry professionals. I’m a regular attendee at RWA conference and those romance writers know how to party, but Continue reading
Thank you all for your well wishes
Thanks for all your well wishes. I’m feeling much better this morning. Trouble with getting old is I don’t bounce back as quickly, but GW (devoted father that he is) was up most of the night doing room service with chicken and rice – I do know how to milk a situation to its fullest Continue reading
Writer adrift?
Time to break out the champagne – and this time it’s not to celebrate the launch of a new book (although that’s coming in June 2013!!). No, this time champagne is called for because, after fifteen years of dreaming and planning, the next phase of our lives is suddenly here. We’re about to become live-aboard Continue reading
Cooee!
Somewhere in this sea of masts our perfect new home is hiding. I just need to find her 🙂 Trouble is the one I’m looking for doesn’t have a mast at the moment. Should make it easy to spot, right? Wrong… I figured if I looked long and hard enough I’d spot it eventually, but Continue reading
Featured in The Weekend Australian
Cold War thriller sparks novel approach BY:MY FAVOURITE NOVEL – HELENE YOUNG From:The Australian October 06, 2012Â 12:00AM John Le Carre’s classic novel The Spy Who Came in from the Cold. CHOOSE one favourite book? That’s too difficult. I’ve lost count of my favourites across the years. Â I can however, share a book that changed Continue reading
I’m here!
I didn’t think life could get any more hectic, but it seems it can… I’m sat in bed with a cup of tea, GW and Zeus snoring peacefully beside me, catching up on emails, blogs, twitter, Face Book and the mail. Can’t quite see an end in sight yet and my laptop’s in danger of Continue reading
Hello? Is this working?
Well now isn’t this fun! Helene’s crook in bed with a dreaded summer cold (kept me awake half the night coughing and carrying on. You don’t see dogs behaving like that…sniff..) Anyway, the thing is she left her computer turned on and within easy reach. Seems typing isn’t as hard as I thought it would Continue reading
Colours of our land
I’m visiting the wonderful Tote Bags ‘n’ Blog today and talking about the colours that make our land so special to us. Find the conversation at  : http://authorsoundrelations.blogspot.com.au/
Water of life
I love flying over the Channel Country in western Queensland where I can see proof of the changing seasons in the amount of water spreading through the vein-like webbing of rivers and creeks. Nicole Alexander is a grazier who’s directly influenced by that ebb and flow. Today she’s sharing her wonderful evocative thoughts on water. Continue reading