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June/July Update

Not sure about everybody else, but June and July have been super busy and felt a lot like the craziness in the lead up to Christmas. So much to do and so little time.

We’ve had an unusual cold snap in South East Queensland which has also slowed things down. Living on a mountain range, it’s normally cold here, but this year Mother Nature seems to have decided to step it up a level. You know it’s bad when visitors from Hobart, Tasmania, where it’s notorious for being cold, complain about how cold it is! It’s hard to get motivated when you step outside and the icy wind attacks your face. I also like to be able to feel my fingers 😉

August is notorious for its cold winds, which isn’t a heartening prospect. I’m starting to understand the attraction of a dormant until spring option.

Writing Addy is coming along nicely, maybe a little slower than I’d like, but it’s taking shape. Fingers crossed on making good progress throughout August.

Take care.

L.x

July 31, 2022
May Writing Update

Website update is nearly finished – Yay!! It’s starting to come together nicely.

The most exciting news this month, for me anyway, is that I’m back writing. Once I get out of the habit it’s a hard one to get back into. Surprisingly, I’ve made good progress on the second book in the Bridesmaid Collection, Addy. I had intended to finish Discovering Ellie, but it hasn’t happened that way. Rather than argue with myself, I’m just going with it. It’s not the first time I’ve changed the order that books get released.

The weather in South East Queensland has been horrendous this year – we’ve just had our third round of flooding since the year began. Fortunately I’ve been spared personally from flood damage, but weeks of rain with the gusty Toowoomba winds behind it has meant that everything outside is damp, mouldy and smelly. Once it dries out a clean up is definitely in order.

Torrential rain has also thrown my vegetable plantings right out the window, so there’s another job once the sun manages to come out for longer than a couple of hours.

It’s not all bad though, being unable to go outside has made sitting in front of the computer way more attractive and writing is getting done 😉

Take care.

L. x

May 17, 2022
April Writing Update

The years seems to be slipping past rapidly- it’s almost the end of April. I used to be sceptical of my grandmother’s words when she repeatedly maintained that time went faster as one got older but it’s come to a point where I think she may be right.

The end of March was the ten year anniversary of the publication of my first novel, Bilgarra Springs. It really doesn’t seem that long. It seemed a fitting moment to release the Bilgarra Springs Trilogy Boxed Set. I still think I’d like to add a prequel entitled Isabella to the series. It might be nice after all this time to meet the woman behind it all.

After commencing and pausing multiple novels, I’ve finally found a way forward. The next novel to be published will be Discovering Ellie. It deals with three topics close to my heart – writing, Scotland and witches- so it’s time to put my head down and get it finished.

It’s partially set in the early years of the seventeenth century just after The Great Scottish Witch Hunt of 1597. I’ve chosen a true story to sit at the heart of the novel and it’s clear evidence of the saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.”

I have absolutely no idea how long it will take to finish but I’m roughly half way there, so I think it would be fairly safe to say it should be out towards the end of the year. If that date changes I’ll be sure to let you know.

Be safe.

L. x

April 20, 2022

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