The world is constantly changing. Nothing remains the same. Seven Mile Beach is constantly reshaped … and so am I, or are my clothes shrinking?
Were you surprised? It’s an old trick a few practical jokers used to evacuate our school library in fifth form. Hollowed books containing tiny bottles of carefully measured quantities of iron filings and hydrochloric acid, placed among books in the library, released the rotten egg gas, well after our period ended. Sure caused a stink! The cover, image, size, texture are critical in publishing a novel. However, the cover may promise the earth, but end delivering a hole … into which you want to bury the book. Readers, who receive my latest book, ‘Wall of Tears’ often say, ‘Love the look, love the feel, a powerful story!’ My hope is the cover will stimulate you to feel the passion in the pages,
‘It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of Light, it was the season of Darkness, it was the spring of Hope, it was the winter of Despair.’ Charles Dickens’ opening to his classic novel, The Tale of Two Cities’ in 1859, describing London and Paris in the time of the French Revolution could describe the current state of our world. Echoes of Dickens’ paragraph of paradox, has re-emerged where the rich have never been richer, or the poor, poorer. In our world we witness the growing gap between the have’s and the have not’s, literate and illiterate;
I accompanied Michael Davey on his 14,000 km cycle ride around Australia. As I turned the pages of his book, ‘Journey of Charity,’ I could feel the heat of the tropics, the dry of the desert, the smell of the outdoors and hear the blast of air horns. His inspiring, legendary ride for children suffering from cancer amazed me as he experienced the challenges of climate, the joy of generosity, and disappointment with those whose poverty of spirit gave little value to his mission. Michael’s first book, best selling ‘Journey of Hope,’ describes how he survived a dysfunctional childhood. Fostered as a baby and placed in four state-run institutions, Michael experienced significant abuse. Kidnapped
Curious locals on a favourite stretch of my early morning bike ride - Broughton Vale.
