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I began writing this book in 2011 when I was living with my mother and step father in Rosny, Tasmania. My high school art teacher loved my poems, so I continued writing poems in my spare time. My technique varies and is totally freelance. I don't always use a set structure, sometimes I use verse or...

When I approached the Golden Egg and I was about 5 feet from the egg I was told to stop, and stand still. Looking around me I was surprised to see, all the other Dragons had made a circle around me, at a distance of about 30 feet away from where I stood. I looked at the Golden Egg that was in soft...

Elizabeth Montoya, better known to her friends as Lizzy, moves back to The States when her partner, Greg receives a well earned promotion. Unaware of the dramatically life changing events ahead, she strikes up a friendship with two charming girls and her life seems perfect for a while. However her...

Candice, a small town girl who leaves everything behind when her high school sweet heart ruins her life. Taking a nanny job in LA, with no knowledge of the area, she soon becomes lost and a handsome fireman saves the day. Brian, an unlucky in love Fireman, after meeting an Aussie nanny his life gets...

The French philosopher Gilles Deleuze remarked in his book Negotiations that things and thoughts advance or grow out from the middle, and thats where you have to get to work, thats where everything unfolds. This prompts the question, How does an artist get to work in the middle of a process that is...

I was very much aware of my failings as a Christian. Gods intent for my life was that I would be like Him; that I would be Holy as He is Holy. Is that even possible? I was constantly contending with my fleshly inclination to focus on my own self reliance and self worth. Though I had been a born again...

The author has played golf for over fifty years, played to scratch, won the club championship at golf clubs in two different countries, and had a best-ever round of 64 on a par 72 course in America. He would be best classed as a pretty good amateur golfer. Because of ageing, he had to undergo several...

I have always been haunted by the notion of hatred which not only looks unjustifiable in my view, but also encourages people to commit murder, a crime which has mostly been preceded by hatred and incitement. I have never believed in the saying without hatred, humanity would not have known love...

An RAAF photographer survives an explosion in the Korean War and wake up with an Argentine Pilot. They become firm friends but the Aussie has to learn the hard way the true meaning of Machismo. A generation later, their sons fight different sides of another war and discover too late that Machismo has a better side. A tragic story of war, love, and friendship.

A whistling butcher is probably not anything particularly abnormal, she told herself. After all there are plenty of singing butchers, butchers who tell you jokes, butchers who tell you their life stories. But this one, with his little striped apron and his long legs in very short shorts, big feet...

Wait! she called, her strained voice surprising her, but he didnt slow down. She sped up when she reached the corner, almost falling over and then catching her balance again. Marlena stopped at the end of the hall, wondering what way he went. What do you want? The voice came from behind, making...

This is a short story about the life of a beautiful golden retriever who had a difficult start and then became a Story Dog and went into schools, helping many children to read. He is hoping he has taught these children to love reading books.

The book is about the Australian way of life in the olden days in the bush and the lives of the characters and the bush heroes and villains, like the flying doctors and the bushrangers.

Set in Perth, Western Australia. Al Connor is getting worried that his life is on the line and the people in charge just think of him as a number. He is expendable and has no say or is told what is going on. He has to suck it and see. The They People dont give a damn about him and complain if he wrecks...