Part of the fun of being an author is the feedback we receive. While they are welcomed with open arms, I don’t only mean the star ratings that appear on Amazon or the reviews that go them or even…
Travel
Leapfrogging through the cane fields – Brisbane to Cairns #3
Our progression north was bringing us closer to an exciting point where travel, genealogy and storytelling collided. Along the way, we made a brief stop at Rockhampton, visiting their botanical gardens and zoo and took in the views from…
The first week disappeared in a flash. Despite a day of grey skies and an afternoon of rain, that was the last. We were not to see rain again for fifteen days. A record! It took us a couple…
After a washed-out summer of floods and cyclones and what felt like a year of solid rain in Auckland, we fled to Australia seeking blue skies and warmer temperatures. We weren’t disappointed – mostly. In a large, rental motorhome…
Inspiring and motivational – more projects to come
There is nothing quite like an audience to lift the spirits and provide motivation for the next work in progress (WIP). It was an honour recently to speak to a large crowd at the Palmerston North library about my…
Join the crowd and meet me for morning tea
Thursday 10th November Palmerston North City Library at 10.30am I will be speaking about my writer’s journey, and my latest book Elinor at the Palmerston North library next week. You can read my interview with them about it on…
Thursday 10th November 1030am-12 noon…
Guaranteed New Zealand books, more books and meeting the author
I’m off on a road trip – my destination is Everything Books Tauranga where you – the reader – gets a chance to talk to authors, have your books of choice signed, learning something new about the writing process…
Apart from having an addiction to travelling, I long ago discovered genealogy was in my bones, or should that be blood? Whichever way you describe it, I can spend hours online looking for the who’s who of family, and…
Followers of this blog will already know that my other half and I do a lot of travelling. We hitch up our caravan and take the slow and easy-path for weeks on end to discover this beautiful country. During…