This week is National Carer's Week here in Australia (14-20th October). In January 2017 my fiance Greg suffered a debilitating work-related back injury, and for the past nineteen months I have been his unpaid carer. The road to recovery is slow and uncertain, and for both of us it has been an incredibly challenging journey,… Continue reading Why Do I Care?
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The Wilted Rose: Queensland Mental Health Week
6-14th October is Queensland Mental Health Week here in Australia. In my writing, I take a particular interest in exploring various human experiences and perspectives, using my writing to help to share people’s stories in the wider community. Since its publication in 2011 I've used my debut novel The Wilted Rose to help raise awareness… Continue reading The Wilted Rose: Queensland Mental Health Week
UPDATE: PSA Aussie authors using Createspace/Kindle Direct Publishing
So I got a response from KDP Support about ordering author copies, and readers ordering books to Australia. Proof and author copies are no longer be able to be shipped to Australian addresses. The reason being, to remain compliant with changes to the GST law in Australia, they've changed the way KDP authors in Australia… Continue reading UPDATE: PSA Aussie authors using Createspace/Kindle Direct Publishing
He Opted For Heaven: Free Short Story for Queensland Mental Health Week
Today marks the beginning of Queensland Mental Health Week (6-14th October) and to commemorate this important event, and to help raise awareness about mental health, I am giving away my short story, He Opted For Heaven, here on my blog. In 2014, I lost my cousin Greg to suicide. I will never forget the evening… Continue reading He Opted For Heaven: Free Short Story for Queensland Mental Health Week
PSA Fellow Aussie Authors
Ahhh the Amazon saga continues *sigh* If you have published books through Createpace and have not yet moved them/had them automatically moved across to KDP, it might be a good idea to order some printed copies from Createspace prior to the move. I've just tried to order author copies but was unable to because deliveries… Continue reading PSA Fellow Aussie Authors
So What Now?
July 20th marked the end of Paid To Dance, a book series I had been working on since 2016. It is the end of an era, but I am ready to close the book on this particular chapter (pardon the pun) and get started on something fresh. I'm going to take it easy for the… Continue reading So What Now?
Paid To Dance Blogging Series Exclusive Interview: Julz Divine
Dancer Name/s: Julz Divine Age started dancing & where: In Europe. What did you do before dancing? I was just out of school, studying psychology at university part time, giving private French lessons and working as a sales rep for a local TV channel selling advertising space to businesses. I was living with my mum… Continue reading Paid To Dance Blogging Series Exclusive Interview: Julz Divine
Writing Fact As Fiction: Paid To Dance: Asha’s Story Parts I & II
Creative Non-Fiction: a term introduced to me by my mentor, fellow author Lee Scott. Finally I had a name for what I had been working on all these years! Up until that day I had been calling my first book a 'biographical novel'. https://youtu.be/x0y5PpagDPk The words 'creative' and 'non-fiction' describe the style. These are stories… Continue reading Writing Fact As Fiction: Paid To Dance: Asha’s Story Parts I & II
From The Outside Looking In: Michael, The Club Manager
I was a chef for seventeen years before I started managing a gentleman’s club, leading a team of twenty-two chefs over five kitchens. I loved working in hospitality, but eventually I decided to throw it all away. I landed a job as an operations manager at a gentleman’s club, organising bar stock and preparing the… Continue reading From The Outside Looking In: Michael, The Club Manager
From The Outside Looking In: Paul, The Customer
I was twenty-one years old celebrating a friend’s eighteenth birthday in Brisbane when I visited my first gentlemen’s club. I kept coming back because it was just like hanging out at a pub with mates, but with a much nicer view. My regular venue introduced poker nights, but I was going in for weekly drinks… Continue reading From The Outside Looking In: Paul, The Customer
