The journey of writing a book is hard to describe, it makes you wonder what else is inside your head, as ideas come out and you have no conscious idea of where they came from.
My life has had unexpected twists and turns and 40 odd years ago when I married my husband, I never expected to have had the experiences and adventures we have shared together. We have been farmers, owned a boatshed and busy café, sold shoes, travelled Australia and experienced life with many laughs along the way.
The greatest joy of our lives are our three children, and their partners, who are all, the stars in our world. They in turn have blessed us with six grandchildren. We are truly grateful for the love and happiness which has come our way from them all.
I hope you like my books, to write the first one was fulfilling, and to go the final step and publish was an achievement. I never expected all these characters to teach me so much about myself and the feed back from all of you is something I am so very grateful of, thank you.
I didn't know I was going to write a book.
One day at a remote campsite in the outback, I met a girl named Emma and as we chatted about our interest in reading. Emma asked me, 'have you ever considered writing a book?'
'Maybe,' I said and told her the crazy start of one I had running around in my head..
Short story is, one horribly windy day as Emma and I sat outside our caravans covered in the red dust from outback she looked at me and said go inside, write down the first chapter and I'll be back in an hour to read it!
This is where it began and an hour later I gave her three chapters which had literally poured out of my brain. Each month Emma emailed me for the next chapter and my first book was born under a million stars is where it all began
Thank you Emma x
And now there are two! As much a surprise to me as to you all. The encouragement I had after a Million Stars was published was humbling. In all the mistakes I made I was still very proud I had given it a go. I have studied hard to learn the craft of writing (to acheive this would take a lifetime there is so much to learn) and enjoyed the process. I hope you enjoy BonBon Street and please keep up the comments both good and constructive as they have each taught me lessons and expanded my writing experience.
BonBon Street came as I walked one day into my street during 2020 Covid lockdowns , the street was empty and it occurred to me, being new to this place, I had no idea of who my neighbours were or what they were like. Winter and a pandemic had changed our lives, made people wary, especially of strangers, yet behind it all was their own discovery of what they could do now, in these times and also reflect on the choices they had made, to bring them to this place, at this time. As I walked I realised each person would have a different story, achievement, or secret hidden away and so the story began...
Going Old School
Life is certainly a journey. A teacher asked me if I could write a book for primary children set around bullying or at least everyday issues kids may be concerned about. Differences is probably a better word... and so Going Old school came to life in my head even before she had finished speaking. It challenged me but I enjoyed it, I hope your children do too.
(Thank you Sandra)
Pen Pals
These three women Claire, Beth and JJ came to me each in their own time. Fictional characters in my head, they told me their stories and it took me some time to lace them together. I must admit they sat there for a while waiting for me to work it out and it was only after someone complimented me on a handwritten note I had sent them, the idea of the letters and them being pen pals came to life. As if they were happy I had finally worked it out Beth, JJ and Claire bombarded me with ideas and I hope you like the end result. I myself have laughed with them and cried with them, I hope you do too. Enjoy x