I picked this book up for free on Amazon, and decided to take a walk down memory lane with it, and also read it as part of my contribution to the AWWC 2013. I first read it as a child in the seventies, when my mother introduced me to Mary Grant Bruce's Billabong books. I … Continue reading A Walk Down Memory Lane – my review of “Mates at Billabong” by Mary Grant Bruce
Year: 2013
People
It's 180 years since the passing of the Slavery Abolition Act in 1833, and last night I sat and listened to a gentleman from Nepal talk about his organisation's efforts to rescue and rehabilitate Nepalese women and girls from a life of sex slavery.Although for many years I've known that trafficking continues to occur all … Continue reading People
Happy Birthday Dad
On July 29th, my Dad turned 80. Yesterday we had an 80th Birthday Party, full of food, drink and lots of chatting. I've been thinking quite a lot about Dad over the last week, remembering all kinds of things. The cackling laugh that used to scare the living daylights out of us during tense moments … Continue reading Happy Birthday Dad
Sci-ku
I was perusing the NSW Writers Centre newsletter yesterday and was intrigued to find in the "Opportunities for Writers" section, a piece entitled "Can you Sci-ku?" If you have a look here, you'll find the RiAus, who describe themselves as "RiAus is Australia’s unique national science hub, promoting public awareness and understanding of science. At … Continue reading Sci-ku
Thoughts on Women in Media (or one of my hobby horses).
This week I read a fabulous blog piece by Cori Schumacher, a surfer and writer. You can read it here. It got me thinking again. Thinking about the way women are viewed in different cultures, and how even cultures that believe they are the most liberated, still seem to need to reduce women to the … Continue reading Thoughts on Women in Media (or one of my hobby horses).
Young Writers
Today I was up at our kids' highschool introducing a group of young writers to the stimulus material for a writing competition. It was fantastic to see so many year 7-10's getting excited about writing creatively. I tried to get the most boring bits out of the way (the rules) as fast as possible, and … Continue reading Young Writers
Writing strong female characters.
I recently read another blog post regarding the writing of real female characters. It was a really interesting read, and highlighted the issues that writers face when they attempt to avoid misogyny. I'm a female writer, and when I set out to write my first published story, I deliberately wrote about a strong female character … Continue reading Writing strong female characters.
The World Of the Future
When I was a kid, I dreamt of the day I'd become an astronaut, head out into space, and explore the universe. As I grew older, I realised that my poor eyesight would most likely exclude me, and I turned to other dreams, fully expecting that the human race would be exploring at least the … Continue reading The World Of the Future
A Place Like This
This is an award winning short film by our friend, Dave May, who also did me the great favour of being one of my early test readers. It's a fantastic film, with an amazing story - just click on the link and you'll be able to view - A Place Like This
“Nothing to Something” to be published by AntipodeanSF
I just received the lovely news that my flash fiction piece "Nothing to Something" is to be published in Issue 184 of AntipodeanSF in October. AntipodeanSF can be found at http://antisf.com
Leonie Rogers 