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What if....
Okay, it’s history, and maybe you don’t want to write history. I’d say: try exploring your ancestors’ lives and bringing their stories into
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There's None So Blind
The previous short story, Threading Pearls, was inspired by my mother’s mother. I’ve a lot more family history to utilise in my writing,...
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Threading Pearls
Before World War 1, my maternal grandmother migrated to Australia from Argentina with her widowed father and six of her siblings. She was...
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Love Never Dies
This story was inspired by current commemorations connected with the centenary of World War 1. When we think of wartime bombing of...
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In the Southern Wild
Red, scrubby terrain out near Broken Hill, where emus and kangaroos run wild, and feral goats almost outnumber the native wildlife. Remember