: About Me

I am based in Australia and write a variety of genres including creative, factual, commercial and opinion, both published and unpublished. I have several projects on the run at any one time, ranging from conceptual through to nearing final edits, which could indicate that I'm either an erratic scatterbrain or that I just have too many ideas. My sister recently said that I have a habit of completing things, so I guess I feel OK about working on so many projects at once. My goal is to live as diverse a life as possible. I've only just come across Helium and so far I love it!

My passion is ...

the appreciation and conservation of the environment. And life, we're here but a short time.

I know too much about ...

insomnia.

My parents always told me ...

to watch out for all them barrrrstards.

My childhood ambition ...

to be a marine scientist.

My favorite memory ...

exploring my way through days on the farm as a child.

Why I write ...

because I love the endless possibilities of arranging words into pieces of beauty, magic and inspiration.

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

Reading:several books at once (romantic thriller, crime, historical, fantasy, science). Watching: my way through the X-files series. Listening to: Kruder and Dorfmeister, Thievery Corporation, St Germain

My first job ...

check-out-chick and farm hand.

My best moment ...

winning a scholarship that allowed me to attend University.

My inspiration ...

the natural world.

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs My true garden story

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As I sat on the cold cement steps of my front porch, the late winter sun battled its way through the clouds, trying its very best to accommodate me and tempt me to ignore the hard cold surface beneath my buttocks and stay just a little longer. I complied, my gaze resting on the clay pot shaped to look like half a tree log. It was filled with small fronds of bulbs poking their new flower heads through the soil, on their eventual journey to become little blue star flowers. I remember planting them in that pot with my mum, maybe 15 or 20 years ago now. And still they grow strong and vigorous,...

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