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Aug 15, 20121 min
CALEB Shortlist 2012
My heart was pounding fit to jump out of my chest as I opened an email tonight from Omega Writers Inc with the shortlist for the 2012...
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Jul 29, 20121 min
Remembering Happy Times
Last night we spent a good hour looking at some old home videos. No-one wanted to stop watching, but of course we had to go to bed...
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Jul 24, 20128 min
Home from Cambodia
Well it’s been a long time since I wrote a post here, but I do have an excuse. 🙂 The trip to Cambodia and Vietnam was wonderful…full of...
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Jun 30, 20121 min
Off To Cambodia!
Thought I’d get one last post up before we climb aboard the silver bird and fly across the seas to Kate in Cambodia. 🙂 We leave at 11am...
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Jun 21, 20123 min
Comings and Goings
There have been a lot of comings and goings in the family of late. I thought I’d give a brief update: A few weeks ago we welcomed our new...
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Jun 11, 20121 min
Book Launch Complete!
Well, I can relax now. 🙂 It’s been a busy time preparing for several things this last weekend…on Friday night we did a fund-raising...
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May 31, 20121 min
Highest Rated!
Tonight I sat in McDonald’s doing some writing while I waited for the children at Youth Group. I had a look on Smashwords and for the...
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May 23, 20121 min
Book Launch!
Calling all fans. 🙂 I am having a book launch for Where the Crickets Sing on the 9th June 2012 at The Old Library, Rust Ave, Whangarei...
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May 17, 20121 min
Thanks heaps!
A big thank you to all who posted a review on the Smashwords Where Lions Roar at Night download page! I’ve had a great response and have...
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May 15, 20121 min
The Books Are Here
At last the third book in The Barn Chronicles series has arrived! Where the Crickets Sing is now ready to go out into homes – a big thank...
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May 15, 20122 min
E Books!
On Saturday I finally published Where Lions Roar at Night as an ebook on the internet! It’s been a huge process and a steep learning ...
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May 9, 20121 min
The Writer’s Well
I just read a lovely quote from a book by a Jewish painter who my sister Penny stayed with on their recent trip to Israel. “To write a...
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May 8, 20121 min
Where the Crickets Sing
Well, friends, at last the next book in The Barn Chronicles series is on New zealand shores! A few thousand copies of Where the Crickets...
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May 7, 20121 min
Duck Shooting Season
Today we discovered two visitors in our pool – a wise pair of ducks who took shelter from the hunters across the river. 🙂 I wonder if...
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May 7, 20121 min
No Broken Bones
On Wednesday my darling 90-year-old mum had a fall and hurt her right leg. She was in a lot of pain so we ended up spending eight hours...
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May 7, 20121 min
No Hurry
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.  – A. A. Milne author (1882-1956) I love this quote. It seems to be the...
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Apr 19, 20122 min
Adventure at the Beach
It was the adventure of the holidays – a trip to the beach with four horses and the gig!!! Penny and I spent a few anxious stressful...
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Apr 5, 20121 min
The Riches of God’s Grace
I sat upstairs in ‘The Snug’ this morning looking out through the wet windows at our rain-drenched land. And I thought that just as the...
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Apr 4, 20121 min
Where The Crickets Sing!!
Today I decided to bike down and get the mail early before the rain started, just in case the two advance copies of my next book might...
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