New Project

I've just started a new project – ghostwriting a book for a lovely lady, who has an inspirational story to share. I can't say much more about it here, but we're both very excited about it and I have no doubt that it will be as much of an emotional and enlightening journey for me as working on the bushfire book, Beneath Dark Skies, was.


So the puppets will have to bide their time on the shelf above my desk. I try not to look up at them too often as it means several sets of eyes looking at me and asking 'why'. Except for the one that's cross-eyed – he just looks confused.

Wrap-up of 2011

I spent most of 2011 moving/writing through a fog of illness, which has finally been correctly diagnosed. As long as I completely avoid wheat and gluten I can rebuild my immune system and, hopefully, always feel fit.


A large amount of my writing time was spent editing Beneath Dark Skies: a collection of Black Saturday bushfire stories from Callignee, Koornalla, Le Roy and Traralgon South. It was a huge job and a very emotional journey. I learnt as much about people as I did about fire and made some wonderful new friends.


Now that my health is back on track I started the year by entering Writer's Weekly 2012 Winter 24-Hour Short Story Content and am pleased to say I received an honourable mention.


I have also started a new blog about my own journey through two years of illnesses, misdiagnoses, living gluten-free and the changes I've made to my and my family's lives. It's still under construction, but I hope to start posting by the end of March.
You can find it at http://finding-my-star.blogspot.com.au/


I haven't given up on my puppets and writing for children with them, but have decided to focus on using modern technology to build a following. I hope to make some progress with this during the year as well.