: About Me

Where to begin? It's funny, give me a topic, any topic, and I can pretty much write something about it, until the topic is me....then I'm at a complete loss for words.

I'm a mum of three (and one on the way) whose life pretty much revolves around my family. Until recently, that is. I've always loved to write, always done it as some sort of release but for too long, writing was put on the bckburner. Now, though, I'm attempting to write that elusive novel.

Books are my greatest passion (after my kids and chocolate). I love the feel of brand new pages in my hands, the thoughts and feelings of a writer awaiting me in the unopened pages. To be transformed to another place, another time, another life, even for a short while, is a kind of magic. To be able to produce something that can do that for somebody else would be, to me, even more magical.

My passion is ...

my children, chocolate and writing...not always in that order.

I know too much about ...

nothing. I know a little bit about everything but not expert on any one thing.

My parents always told me ...

hold onto your dreams....and eat your sprouts!

My childhood ambition ...

To be a published author and the youngest woman QC

My favorite memory ...

climbing the big tree in my childhood front yard...the births of my children..their first words..first steps...on it goes

Why I write ...

Always have, can't say why, it's as much a part of me as breathing and eating

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

Reading "Uncle Tom's Cabin" AGAIN, listening to U2, Led Zep and Nick Cave

My first job ...

At 14, part time in a take away shop

My best moment ...

Receiving an award for a short story by the current Australian author of the year

My inspiration ...

any mother who gets up in the morning with a smile on her face...and is still smiling two hours later

Creative Writing > Novel Excerpts Novel excerpts: Dark fantasy

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CHAPTER ONE "Come on, Leon" Estelle said wearily, "Let's get going before your luck runs out, ok?" "Oh Stell, tonight's my lucky night, this wheel's just starting to warm up" Leon replied as he placed more chips on lucky" black number seven. Estelle and Leon were in Melbourne to inspect one of Leon's investments, a new apartment building at the recently developed Docklands. Usually, these were solo trips, undertaken without Estelle, but the couple couldn't resist the lure of Bonnie Tyler, the 80's superstar, playing at the Crown Casino. Although they may not admit it to their socialite fri...

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