I’m very excited to be able to announce that my manuscript is a finalist in the Daphne du Maurier Award for Excellence in Mystery/Suspense in the unpublished mainstream mystery/suspense category. The Daphne is run by the Kiss of Death chapter of RWA (America). Good luck to the other finalists *waving*: Liz Boeger Lis Angus Raimey…
Writing
Texting codes
The codes used in texting are really a new language of their own. I mean, there are the common, obvious ones like LOL (laugh out loud), BTW (by the way) and gr8 (great), but then there are the rest which become a little more obscure…unless you are a teen in which case you have already…
Retreat!
When you read this I will have just touched down in Queensland for a writing retreat. This is the 4th time this has been scheduled and, thanks to covid, has had to be cancelled each time. Touch wood nothing happens to derail our plans today. You might think we are home and hose knowing I…
Favourite websites
In 2021 I’m answering a list of weekly journal questions. Read about it here. Post about your five favourite websites.There are quite a few websites I visit regularly, and as I don’t know how to find statistics on the ones I visit the most, I’m taking a bit of a stab…and grouping them a little.…
Quote to live by (2021)
In 2020 one of the first Journal Questions I answered was “A Quote to Live By“. Rather than a quote, I said there was a song that really encompassed my philosophy for the year. I listened to that song often during the year, and it worked so well for me, I thought I would find…