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My high five

What are 5 everyday things that bring you happiness? My Husband. My human. He is my everyday and my every night. My Cats. Mr Fuzzy Butt (Ginger) and his sister, Miss Button (Georgie) greet me every morning then we go out into the garden to greet the sun. Chats with my son. My boy phoned […]

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Family and Community is everything.

You get some great, amazingly fantastic news. What’s the first thing you do? I got some great news a few days ago. Rikki from Hawkeye Publishing, a growing independent publisher based in Brisbane Australia, called to let me know my manuscript had long listed in their manuscript development prize. I was so thrilled. The first […]

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A surprise visit to my inner critic

On Saturday I was fortunate to attend a two hour workshop at the GC Libraries Elanora branch with the amazing Edwina Shaw. I have been learning from Edwina from afar for years and was finally able to attend a workshop in person. The workshop was called How to Write your Novel. Edwina admitted this was […]

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I should say humility…

What’s the trait you value most about yourself? My mum taught me that humility is the most beautiful attribute a woman can have but I value curiosity. It doesn’t matter if I’m not the most intelligent person in the room if I am curious about other people and their lives. Curiosity may have “killed the […]

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