Sincere apologies for not updating here for so long.
So, programmes like Blogspot and Google change. My problem of
being able to create updates has been very frustrating - and too
time-consuming. Once again, despite hours trying to work out email addresses
and passwords to create this "New Post" had to get help from a fellow
writer, Paula Roe. Paula created
my website and once again has been wonderful. She spent a lot of her own
precious time this morning helping me so that here I am again at long last.
THANK YOU, PAULA ROE Do
check out her website by clicking on her name.
The days have been so busy, it is hard to
believe it is now almost 12 months since publishing my last post. Last year was
a great year filled with visits from family and friends - some not seen for far
too long. Afraid it did become so busy with other commitments, it left little
time to even think about posting here on my blog - especially when it took so
long just finding the "New Post" so could publish one.
Earlier in 2015 there were a lot of trips
from our beautiful Beauty Point to Launceston health specialists for Ray and
dental appointments for myself. We are thankful all is under control now.
Although slowing down of course, taking longer to do things and sometimes the
memory not as sharp, my husband and I are very grateful to have the health we
do at this time of our lives.
The busy year did interfere with our writing schedules. At last Ray's new book, the seventh in his themed 31 Day Devotional series has just been published and will soon be on the bookshelves.
My
two manuscripts, Her Outback
Cowboy and Delayed
Dreams (A follow-on from my 1994 Damaged
Dreams with Barbour Publishing) are still needing final revisions. It has
been exciting to see Damaged
Dreams and all my back list
from Barbour now out again as e-books. The plan is still to have eight more of
my back list also available as e-books.
When possible, I still enjoy sharing with
other writers online, but especially face to face at Conferences and writer
events.
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| At a special monthly SWWT meeting a few years ago. |
I am still very involved with activities of the Society Women Writers
Tasmania. This year we are hosting the national society's Alice Award Event in
August.
AND NOW, 2016?
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| Poatina Faith and the Arts with writers |
It commenced in January with me at the
Poatina Faith and Arts week. It was a privilege to again host the Creative
Writing elective. It was the fore-runner of what is already looking like
another very busy year.
Ray and I at long last are going on our Indian Pacific Train trip
to Perth. We have a book-signing there at Mt Lawley Koorong bookshop on April
30th and other speaking and meeting appointments are being scheduled
in April and May. In June we are taking our car to the mainland for our next trip. Besides seeing
friends and family, we have accepted an invitation to the three day Christian
High Schools Writing Retreat at Tahlee in NSW. We are looking forward to this
but know it will be a challenge to share with keen young writers some of the
things learnt over the years about writing,
It has thrilled me to see books now
published by authors I have shared with over the years at conferences, workshops
and mentoring programmes. Perhaps more of that in future blog posts.
