I'm an amateur musician in my spare time. (Some would say very amateur!) I love to sing, and occasionally play the flute. Most of the family is musical, and as I was driving our youngest back to uni this afternoon, we talked about the love of music. Not in a lot of words, but in … Continue reading The Wonderful World of Music
Author: Leonie
So Much To Write About, And So Little Time To Do It!
I was pondering what to write about when I realised that I was procrastinating about it because I wanted to write something else. Not that I don't want to write a blog post either, it was just because I'm heavily involved in writing the third and final book in the Frontier Trilogy. I've just got to … Continue reading So Much To Write About, And So Little Time To Do It!
Reading Through Life and Death
A few posts ago I wrote about Life and Death and Easter. Since then, I've attended a funeral. It was while I was at the funeral, listening to the beautiful eulogies, that I began to think about the role of a writer in effecting change, and becoming a part of peoples' lives. Why was my attention … Continue reading Reading Through Life and Death
Liebster Award
I was kindly nominated for a Liebster Award by Mariam Tsaturyan.The Rules are as follows:The nominated user must provide a link back to the person who nominated them (Mariam Tsaturyan)Provide 11 facts about yourselfAnswer 11 questions set by the person who nominated youChoose 11 more questions and nominate 11 more people11 Facts About MeI love … Continue reading Liebster Award
Enid Blyton, George, and Feminism
A couple of nights ago, I was pounding the streets for exercise with a friend. We'd been chatting to distract ourselves while we scaled some of the steeper streets, and were discussing the books we loved as children. Our conversation turned to our shared love of Enid Blyton.As we headed towards home, we were discussing … Continue reading Enid Blyton, George, and Feminism
Life and Death and Easter
It's been a weekend of mixed feelings, topping off a couple of weeks of sadness and tiredness. In my non-writing life, I'm a physiotherapist. I spend three days a week working with injured and unwell people. I often work with people in pain, but it's most commonly physical pain. Most of them get better, which … Continue reading Life and Death and Easter
Ponderings.
Yesterday my husband and I went to see "Captain America: The Winter Soldier." We like a good action movie now and then, and both of us are fond of the Sci-fi/Fantasy genre. It is, of course, part of the current run of Marvel comic book character adaptations.We really enjoyed it. I was wondering why I … Continue reading Ponderings.
Best Australian Blogs
Although my blog is new, I thought I'd throw my hat in the ring for a bit of fun, so if you like my blog, and think it's worthy of being up there with the best Australian Blogs, please click the button in the sidebar!
A Day at the Newcastle Writers Festival
I spent yesterday at the Newcastle Writers Festival, attending several sessions and catching up with a Goodreads friend. I've always enjoyed reading Kate Forsyth's books, so when I discovered that she was speaking at two sessions, it was more than I could resist. Having heard her speak previously at the NSW Writers Centre Speculative Fiction … Continue reading A Day at the Newcastle Writers Festival
Book Marketing
Last week I wrote about the never ending search that many authors face to attract an agent. Ideally, the author attracts an agent as a result of their scintillating writing, and the agent then miraculously opens the doors to the major publishing houses and all of a sudden there's an amazing contract on the author's … Continue reading Book Marketing
Leonie Rogers 