HAPPY NATIONAL BOOKSHOP DAY everyone. The perfect day to show your local Book shop you care! Happy National Bookshop day all the wonderful book stores who sell my novels : Dymocks Toowoomba, The Really Good Bookstore, Browns Plains, Brisbane, Online … Read More
“EVERYONE IS TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH SOMETHING BIG, NOT REALISING LIFE IS MADE UP OF LITTLE THINGS.” Frank A. Clark A LIFE TIME OF LITTLE ACCOMPLISHMENTS … Have you ever promised yourself that … Read More
I often wonder how many people question the consistency in their life. Personally, our life fluctuates when it comes to consistency – sometimes we tend to travel the lesser known tracks in the choices we’ve made and the way we … Read More
For Thursday Art-day we enjoy the mythical themed painting “Born of the South Wind” by Willa Frayser www.willafrayserstudio.com “MYTHS BRING THE UNKNOWN INTO RELATION WITH THE KNOWN” Cecil M. Bowra Stemming from ancient times, Eastern and Bedouin superstitions correspond … Read More
THAT WAS “DEJA VU”… “We have all some experience of a feeling, that comes over us occasionally, of what we are saying and doing having been said and done before, in a remote time – of our having been surrounded, … Read More
I have to admit, choosing names for the characters in my books can sometimes be terribly difficult… To solve the problem I am holding ***A FUN COMPETITION*** ** BE IMMORTALISED ** HAVE A CHARACTER NAMED AFTER YOU IN BOOK … Read More
It’s blog ‘reader of the month’ time and for July I thank Robyn Butson an enthusiastic reader and fellow writer. Robyn is an inspiration to us all. She is writing a book on Crabbet horses in Australia and breeds Arabians … Read More
Last week for art-day we looked at some of the history behind John Frederick Herring, Sr’s painting the ‘Pharaohs horses’. This week we focus on the man himself. The squires pets Herring ranks along with Sir Edwin Landseer as one … Read More
There’s a TV movie titled ‘Mystery Woman’ about a woman who inherits a bookstore. She is an avid murder-mystery fan who uses her extensive knowledge of murder-mystery books to assist her in her amateur sleuthing. The reason I mention this … Read More
Today for Thursday Art day I wanted to explore the history behind J.F. Herring’s painting “Pharaoh’s Horses” first exhibited in 1848 under the title “Pharaoh’s Chariot Horses.” It shows three head studies of the grey Arabian stallion Imaum, originally owned … Read More