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Hi! Thanks for coming to learn a little about me! I am a 42 year old writer who has recently completed travelling around my beloved country, Australia.

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Relationships & Family > Talking with Teens & Children Taking the time to get to know your children: 3 of 9
It is all too often that parents of teens and young adults complain they just don't know their children any more. I would ask the question. Did you ever know your children? Getting to know your children is an ongoing develpment in a parent-child relationship that starts at birth and continues on throughout life and is a two ... More..
Entertainment > Film Making & Production Best ways to package and pitch your movie: 1 of 3
Packing up and Pitching Your Screenplay Completing your first manuscript is a triumph. It is a time to sit back a while and reflect on just how great your work is and how hard you worked to get this far. Once you have appreciated your work for a little while you will find yourself asking. "What now?". Completing your work is... More..
Arts & Humanities > Thoughts on Writing Subtext in the art of writing: 1 of 3
The topic of subtext has sparked my interest as it is an intriguing thing in writing. Text is a tangible thing. Subtext is not. If we consider text as "a message sent and received" then we can also consider subtext as "a subtle message sent and received." Subtext is the subtle message under or behind the message. Text is rec... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Boredom: 68 of 200
Nothing is as Nothing does Nothingness awaits my morning eyes as I turn over and stare as nothingness fills my breakfast plate with nothing new. I open up my front door and find nothing to entertain my mind that seems so full of nothingness as I start the same old day with a new date attached like a memo to remind me that so... More..
Creative Writing > Essays Essays: Childhood memories: 29 of 82
Learning Does Not Require An Education! I wasn't expelled from school, to the contrary several teachers, the school counsellor and others wrote to my mother to try and get me back into school all to no avail. I had been evicted from home at the age of thirteen. Most people understand that homeless kids don't have a home, may... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Domestic abuse: 20 of 56
Vaccine Darkness comes with your anger. Bruises spread across my skin, like crows against the stormy sky. Salty rose petals, spill from my mouth. Arias roar in my ears. The presence of fear is upon me. I cannot emote, cannot breathe, I am immunised against my humanity in the cold stone catacombs of me. More..
Education > Adult Education Tips for counseling adult learners: 4 of 11
Counselling Adult Learners What support could an adult learner possibly need? Why do they seek counselling? What issues face adult learners? These are questions you need to address when counselling adult learners. Adult learners have loads of real life experience that can be applied to their learning, they have high motivati... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Mother's Day & Father's Day Mother's Day celebrations for single moms: 4 of 11
Single Mothers On Mothers Day! It takes a little grace and a lot of love and an occasional blind eye to ensure your kids have an opportunity to make your Mothers Day special for you when you are single mother. It doesn't really matter how or why you are a single mother it only matters that you and your kids have a great day ... More..
Creative Writing > Songs Songs: Secrets: 11 of 30
Silent Scream I look at you, pleading wanting you to speak My heart stills, momentarily halted mid-beat silence I open my mouth, motioning eliciting the words The stem of my brain, pulses squeezing my life silence I am frozen now, still cold and empty Deep inside in the caverns of my used to be I scream The scream echoes all... More..
Creative Writing > Short Stories Short stories: Meeting the future in-laws: 8 of 21
Roy and I had known each other for exactly five days. He was clever, tall, dark and handsome. He was in short, perfect! He wrapped his arms tight around me and I lay there just thinking how perfect everything in life could be when true love visited. Nothing could come between us. "You know." He started. "I can't wait to get ... More..