I was planning
to call this post News, Views and Reviews, but realised I didn’t have much to
review, and as an online rhyming dictionary insisted that beauteousness rhymed with
news (???), I’m rolling with it.
First the
news: I have had a short story called Curse of the Swan Prince selected
for the anthology South of the Sun: Fairy Tales for the 21st
Century. You can read about it here: https://australianfairytales.com/
This is
my very first acceptance for publication of any piece of writing I’ve done ever
done, so it’s super exciting.
I’d had
the characters I used in the story hanging out in my head for quite a long time.
Years in fact. I knew they had a story to tell, but as I was busy working on other
things, I kept pushing them aside. I finished work on my YA manuscript around
the same time I saw the call for submissions to the anthology and knew these characters
would be perfect for a fairy tale. It had been a long time since I’d attempted writing
a short story, but in another twist of serendipity, I’d been reading an anthology called The Ghostly Stringybark, which gave me a really
good feel for how to structure the tale. It all came together rather quickly,
and I was proud of the result. I'm stoked the selection committee liked it
too.
To views
and beauteousness: For our annual family holiday this year, we went to
Tasmania. Best holiday ever! Check out the scenery:
Bicheno Blow Hole
Sleepy Bay, Freycinet NP
Richmond Bridge
Franklin Wharf, Hobart
Horseshoe Falls, Mt Field NP
Marakoopa Cave, Mole Creek
Mt Round Lookout
Mersey Bluff Lighthouse, Devonport
View of Mt Roland from Wilmot
This is just a small selection of the hundreds of photos I took. If you've never been to Tassie, tick it off your bucket list asap.
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