THE ART OF BLOGGING

So, I have been on a mission to discover the world of blogging, as a newbie, it has been a mind-field, to navigate my way around this foreign territory. I am so thankful that I stumbled across this go to book on blogging: https://www.goodreads.com/book/photo/36978114-the-author-blog Anne R. Allen has written an easy-does-it guide to simple, low-tech […]

Writing can sometimes make me feel like this:

Today, when I was taking a short break from writing, (okay avoiding) I was flicking through old photos in my phone and came across this one of our big girl Shelby! This image shows exactly what I am feeling today! Somedays it’s good and somedays it’s just bla! I have learnt that with writing, I […]

Empowering Children with safety strategies!

I started writing the book about my sisters kidnapping for two reasons. One because I love writing and two because I knew her story needed to be told. Well I have always been a little focused on child safety for obvious reasons really. My children would say I am way over protective, maybe I am, […]

Returning to the past!

We ventured over to a place where life changed forever. A town with memories we wish could be left behind, but know they cannot and should not. The journey over felt eerie, weird! Our first stop was the Library archive, to gather photos, information, anything that would assist us in obtaining a better understanding about […]

A moment to commend my mother on this mothers day!

With the desire to write the story of my sisters abduction, I knew the first hurdle would be if my family wanted, or even could revisit that day 48years ago. I made the phone call informing mum, that I believe this story is an extraordinary one that needs to be shared. To my mum’s credit […]

Wife, Mother, Teacher, Writer soon to be Author

I am a teacher, writer and soon to be author! But first and foremost I am a wife and a mother. I find it interesting that the first three I am’s… seem to hold the most weight in society as to who I am and how important I am, but to me its being a […]