Category Archives: published writing

VIVIAN KIRKFIELD – AN ANNIVERSARY, FRIENDSHIP, AND MAKING THEIR VOICES HEARD

Hi everyone, I can’t believe it’s a year today since Vivian Kirkfield and I flew to Auckland NZ from Australia after meeting up at the SCBWI Sydney Conference 2019 three days earlier for the first time.  A YEAR TODAY!  Wow!  … Continue reading

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GARDENING AND AN SCBWI MEETING

It’s spring, it’s spring!   One of my favourite seasons in which to get out into the garden, among all the winter weeds and dig up, and replant or sow, new seedlings and seeds.  Yep, I love gardening.  Although the plants … Continue reading

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Kiwi – SCBWI: 1st Conference 2012

It was lovely meeting everyone again on this our first local SCBWI meeting here in kiwi land. Francis Plumpton our fearless leader introduced Sandra Morris, author/illustrator and guest, who runs the Sandra Morris Illustration Agency, promoting illustrators, runs workshops, along with … Continue reading

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“Fruits of ones labour of love”

As my husband pops the newly picked peas from our garden and cooks up the broccoli for our dinner (also from our garden), I browse through a newly arrived book that I had purchased from Amazon.com “Campaigner Challenges 2011”   collected … Continue reading

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