A blush-free book sale
Are you the type of reader who likes a bit of romance in your stories but can do without blow-by-blow descriptions of the sexy bits? It’s kind of a reverse of the way it used to be back in my … Continued
Inching towards being one country again
Well, the Queensland Government has removed all restrictions on folks entering Queensland. We were promised that would happen when 90% of the population was vaccinated. That figure has been reached. Hopefully we’re inching towards becoming Australians again, instead of being … Continued
Meet the Crimson Lady
It’s finally release day! The blurb. One hundred years ago the pirate ship Crimson Lady terrorized the space lanes, then she disappeared without a trace, leaving behind nothing but tall tales and legends. Until Tara Wyndham finds an artifact from … Continued
Covid and an ‘international incident’
Here we are in week one of a new year. To nobody’s great surprise, the omicron variant of covid-19 is spreading like wildfire. But I’m a little bit surprised that the Powers-That-Be did not anticipate the impact on testing centres, … Continued
A new year of reading
That’s it for another Solstice Celebration, everyone. I hope you had a wonderful festive season, however and whatever you celebrate. It was quiet at our place, just the two of us. Covid has put the kybosh on so many people’s … Continued
A new year has begun
Hello and welcome to 2022! I’m sure most of us are more than happy to watch 2021 receding in our rear vision mirrors. So… what do Pete and I have to remember about 2021? We have the advantage of living … Continued
I’m on the home straight
The Search for the Crimson Lady is nearly finished. I’ll be publishing in the new year. It has been a long, hard road to follow but I’m happy with the end result. The blurb. One hundred years ago the pirate … Continued
T’was a week before Christmas
There’s always a horror story some time around Christmas – plane crashes, strikes and the like. But nothing quite so awful as the events in Devonport, Tasmania, where five kids attending an end-of-school windup party died in a freak accident, … Continued
The trouble with labels
You’ve heard the old cliché ‘don’t judge a book by its cover’? We all have. And sometimes we judge books based on preconceived notions of what we’ll find when we open the covers. I suppose everybody agrees that books need … Continued
Despite the news
The news can be depressing, can’t it? If it’s not covid, it’s all about personal freedoms being taken away. There are border police in our own country preventing us from moving from one state to another. WA’s dictator would have … Continued