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SOMETIMES WE JUST NEED TIME OUT:
I enjoy my downtime, but I do not get to do it nearly enough. Both hubby and I work long, full days. The alarm goes off at 4:00am for Gavin to start his day, and this has set a trend of waking up ea ........
A WRITER’S SETTING:
Coming home, after a long day, and finding time to write can be a daunting task. But the place you come home to, in my experience, can make a huge difference. Whenever I walk towards our cottage, a ........
PHOENIX FROM THE BOOK & THE BIRDS IN MY LIFE!
Many years ago, I heard about two Lovebirds that needed a home, on the same campus I was on. I knew nothing about birds, but I headed off to speak to the other student regardless. He gave them to me ........
MY PARTNER MAKES EVERY DAY BETTER!
I am sure that all people, whether they have a partner or not, are able to thrive in everything they do. But I also know that some partners can prevent a person from achieving their goals. I for one ........
IS IT JUST ME OR DO OTHER AUTHORS ALSO ENJOY GOING DOWN RABBIT HOLES?
Unlike many authors (from what I can glean) I have very minimalistic frameworks for the things I write. I do have some idea of the storyline in advance, but nothing concrete. The only thing that doe ........
THE SUNSHINE COAST, AUSTRALIA – A PERFECT PLACE FOR AN AUTHOR TO FIND INSPIRATION:
As a family, we moved to the Sunshine Coast at the end of 2011, after living in a more rural setting in Australia for about three years. We have never regretted this decision. My son flourished once ........
WHERE I GO TO FIND MY INSPIRATION:
My husband and I started renovating the cottage we bought in 2016. It is situated on a sloping forest block and is a pole home that is set high up amongst the trees. When I look out of my front door ........
MEET MARTHA AGNES STUART, THE ARCHIMAGE IN THE BOOK:
Martha is one of the main characters in the book. This is what I imagined her to look like while I was writing about her. Like all the characters in the book, she has experienced trauma in her life, ........
THE DOGS OF THE UMBRA WARS!
We have a two amazing dogs, that hold special places in our hearts. I could not help referencing them in the book. Luna is our old girl at sixteen years of age and is barely hanging on. We live ever ........
WHAT WOULD TONI, A CHARACTER IN THE BOOK, SAY ABOUT EMPIRICISM VS RATIONALSIM, OR NURTURE VS NATURE?
Toni is the Luminant (apprenticed to the Archimage) in The Umbra Wars, Antecedents of the Tripartite. She experiences some very real and confronting trauma, due to her having lived in a country that ........