It was remiss of me not to post a link earlier… Steve from The Australian Literature Review has created a new site called Authors Compare. Ever wondered how other writers see their characters? Do they have favourites? Just how do they balance narrative and dialogue? Is setting allowed to take on a life of its Continue reading
Tag: Wings of Fear
Pan-pan, pan-pan, pan-pan
With the reliability of modern aircraft, advanced engineering systems, and components that are replaced long before they wear out most airline pilots will never experience an engine in-flight shut down in their careers. We spend a lot of time planning for that eventuality – completing emergency procedures training, and flying flight simulators where we deal Continue reading
Is your glass half full?
I love research which backs up my privately held beliefs and here’s one project that does just that. We are, it seems, hard-wired to be optimistic! The story is running on the ABC and BBC. It’s true I am eternally optimistic. I can find the silver lining in the darkest cloud. I can bury my Continue reading
Poems
Did you write poetry as a teenager? I did. Copious amounts of it. Most of it was thrown out during numerous house moves, but the one below was a little different. I wrote it for a girlfriend when we finished school. She, in turn, had it made into a scroll for my thirtieth birthday. I Continue reading
Sweet!
It’s nearing the end of the cane cutting season in Cairns and the ground is dusty as summer bears down on us. Yesterday morning, as I rode into Cairns on my pushbike, I could smell the cut cane long before I could see the harvesters at work. The sweet, green scent in the air is Continue reading
These shoes are made for clogging
Ever heard of clogging? Up until last Tuesday night I hadn’t either, but now not only is it in my vocabulary, but I’ve been clogging and loved it! Who knew I had any rhythm in my feet at all. I was always the one going left in aerobics when the class was going right – Continue reading
Silver Dawn
Don’t be late for training on the ski – the boys don’t wait!
Yungaburra Book Fair
The Yungaburra Book Fair The annual Book Fair is once again being held in the historical village of Yungaburra on September 10th from 10am-4pm. This year the theme is ‘Books & Cooks’ – A feast for book lovers looking for a good read, rare treasure or special find with 1000s of books for sale from many of Continue reading
Looks can be deceiving…
When a friend dropped around this morning for his weekend triple-shot-expresso we told him we were headed to Port Douglas for lunch. ‘Try the services club,’ he advised us. GW and I looked at each other and smiled politely. Services club in Port? If it was any good we’d have heard about it before now Continue reading
Desert Island Craft Book?
Today I’m a guest over at Rachael Blair’s blog – RAMBLINGS OF A ROMANCE WRITING MAMMA. Find out what craft book I’d take to a desert island (along with chocolate, hubbie and Zeus the wonder staffiie!)