Ordering From Printers.
My eBook is about to be released and I'm in the process of striving to find printing companies. so I can release these books as paperbacks as well as the eBook. I have a few samples in my possession...
View ArticleWinter Gold
As it is my first autumn spent down south in more than a decade I'm enjoying the deciduous tree colours. This is at the lake on the property our retreat is on. If we have lots of winer sun, such as...
View ArticleStringy Bark Tree, Eucalyptus Obliqua
Stringy bark trees are amongst my favourite eucalyptus trees. While Australian, they are loved world wide. I remember travelling a road in California and feeling as if I was in my home country, as the...
View ArticleLoving or Hating Literary Fiction
A fantasy romance writer friend today said she SO did not like literary fiction. I responded by saying, I am not a romance and fantasy fan. I have discovered some writers, write so well that their...
View ArticleGuitars are Cool at Any Age.
It is no wonder guitars are considered 'cool' they are a work of art, a sculpture of graceful, flowing, sensual shape and a precision instrument that sings. I've been looking at the exquisite shape...
View ArticleWorld Refugee Day
Today is World Refugee Day! Oxfam America has put together a list of ways to make a difference for the world's millions of refugees and internally displaced persons. As you go through your day today,...
View ArticleMake the Tax Season Easier
Are you able to glide through days that others might find stressful? Mid year is not the most relaxing time for many, here in Australia. For shoppers this might be a great season of discounted...
View ArticleWriter's Software
I have been reading a lot of forums and blogs about recommended writer's software and I've tried a few more, today. I'm eager to get my current lot of writing ready for the writing contracts to take...
View ArticleThe 'The' Word And Its Proper Use.
I read a question on the use of the article 'the.' Apparently, in England, and countless other places, it is quite common to say:"She is at university." Or,"He has been taken to hospital."In America,...
View ArticleWordless (or wordy) Wednesday: Birds of a feather...
Ibis, ducks, tufted pigeons and eastern swamp hens in this grouping. Happily flock with friends of all sorts of feathers and so can we. An example of the humanity of living in harmony, without...
View ArticleModern Guitar Playing
I am a bit in awe of the knowledge my grandchildren's generation have about music syncing and the gadgetry used in the music world to produce quality sound tray. In my era it was simply a musical...
View ArticleSmooth Criminal
Australians are loving the story of the smooth break in a 'Vinnies.SCARY CUSTOMER: Charity store workers in North Queensland got a fright this morning when this slithery shopper took a wander through...
View ArticleYour Privacy on Facebook
I love that I have a choice of sharing some information about myself publicly though facebook but I can keep other information private for a small group of friends.Should employers form opinions on a...
View Article3D Printers
Are you like the pan in the photo above, and get so enthused with the project you are working on you just about need a session with the chicago massage therapy center before you would be fit to go...
View ArticleLast Moment Self Snipe Bidding
Decision time. How much shall I snipe bid on the two treasures in need of repair above?Do I stay up all night writing to make sure I do not sleep though the early morning close of the auction? I've...
View ArticleA Blast from the Past. Free School Milk
Who remembers the day's of free milk at school?I remember the milk monitors who's job it was to collect the milk from the school gate and place it in the shade. That worked well in wintertime. However...
View ArticleStuart Spector, Sound Man.
I have been reading of how an unprofessionally trained musician and a skilled furniture maker combined talents and revolutionised the music industry in the 1970's and '80's. The benefits of their...
View ArticleThe Story Plot Cartoon
This drawing appears in the July 14 Sunday NY Times Book Review. I do love this tongue in cheek cartoon. I think every author can relate to it. Tunnel of badly written love. Yes, I know that. I hate...
View ArticleMale, Female or Intersex?
Good news that intersex people will be protected by the law. Are you male, female, or intersex?It might surprise you that sex is actually a spectrum, and that people can be born with chromosomes,...
View ArticleLyrebird Trio
Never mind the quality if the music, as an artist I was highly taken by the visual beauty of the pose, the composition of the grouping of musicians, the beauty of the merging of musician and...
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