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Chit-Chat » Authors and readers, -- A Rejection By Any Other Name » Is there an Authors Society where you are?! Or similar.......
patchwork 18 yrs ago
In Australia we have a site called the Australian Society of Authors and they provide a list of reputable agents, which was how I found one. If you have anything similar to that where you are they might be able to help. …
Chit-Chat » Elections: do you think voting should be compulsory? » Well, being an aussie......
patchwork 18 yrs ago
I actually don't like voting. So I don't. I'm 31 and have never enrolled. I know this makes me unpopular with a lot of people who do believe that we all should vote. But it's just my opinion. I don't believe any of the p…
Chit-Chat » Single motherhood by choice... » I've been a single mum for 10 yrs.....
patchwork 18 yrs ago
And I'm only 31. It wasn't really by choice, rather from leaving an abusive partner. Not sure I would do it again though. I love my kids to death but it is extremely challenging, and can be very lonely, no matter how …
Book Talk » Aussie Author: Sarah Henderson has passed away... » I just heard this as well....so sad
patchwork 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
I've got her books, she was an amazing woman.
Chit-Chat » How many fans? It's astounding. Time is fleeting. Madness takes its toll. » Gets newspaper and firmly places it on head.
patchwork 19 yrs ago | 1 replies
My 12 year old daughter recently watched Rocky Horror and was completely freaked out. I was singing away to the songs and she was ashamed to be related. I think she called me 'disturbed'!!
Book Talk » Do you honestly believe books are signed by the author if you » Being an author I have signed a great many books
patchwork 19 yrs ago
at the bookshops so they can be sold. The only advantage to this really is that the bookshop can't then send it back to the publisher unsold for a credit. They have to keep it and sell it! Which is good for me. Oh and…
Chit-Chat » What do you wish you were doing right now? » It's 3am here.
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I wish I was in bed sleeping, but I've been having trouble sleeping lately.
Chit-Chat » Where do you Volunteer? » Community centres, women's refuges
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I sometimes do public speaking when I'm asked to for women who have been abused. Mostly motivational and inspirational stuff, giving them life skills and personal tools to enable them to move on.
Chit-Chat » Reflexology » If I could stand my feet being touched I'd give it go.
patchwork 19 yrs ago
But I swear by acupunture, which before I had it I was skeptical about. I had it done to manage stress and afterwards felt like I was on some wicked drug. I seriously felt like I was flying, like my feet weren't touchi…
Book Talk » Reading the *movie adapted from book* thread made me wonder » Hmmm
patchwork 19 yrs ago
If I read the book I don't bother with the movie because the movie usually disappoints me. And if I watch a movie before I know it was originally a book, I don't often read the book. Think I've been disappointed to…
Book Talk » What book have you read over and over again the most time? » Child of the Pheonix by Barbara Erskine
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I've read it so many times. I don't know why but gee I love it!!
Book Talk » Do your children enjoy reading as much as you do? » My kids love books
patchwork 19 yrs ago
My daughter is 12 and loves Gretel Killeen books (an Aussie kids author) some of the titles are hilarious, including, My Life as a Wedgie, My Life as a Toilet, My Life as a BoobTube. And my son who is 10 likes the Ca…
Book Talk » What's Your Favorite Movie Adapted From A Book » I can think of two.....
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I don't usually bother with the movies after I've read the books because they normally leave me disappointed but there are 2 that stand out in my mind. The Thornbirds and The Bourne Identity (the first one, haven't se…
Chit-Chat » are there any parts of your body you hate others touching? » My feet
patchwork 19 yrs ago | 3 replies
Can't stand it. Actually I can't stand feet full stop. Disgusting.
Chit-Chat » Anybody else's family hate them? » Sounds familiar
patchwork 19 yrs ago | 2 replies
I have 2 younger sisters and haven't spoken to them in a little over 6 years, or rather they haven't spoken to me. It's a very long depressing tale, which would take far to long to go into here. Now I just prefer to …
Chit-Chat » I'm going to live to be 89 » OMG 82!!!
patchwork 19 yrs ago
Damn cigarettes. Must give up must give up must give up.
Chit-Chat » Your eating habits: Good? Bad? Ugly? » I lived on corn flakes until..
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I had kids. Now I have to cook at regular times or lose a limb. But I still have corn flakes when they are at school.
Chit-Chat » If you are not in paid work, what do you do of equal value » My two cents
patchwork 19 yrs ago
and actually two cents is really all I have because I am a stay at home single mum with two kids. So I'm a cook, cleaner, counsellor, taxi, events co-ordinator, budget planner and the list goes on. As well as that I'm a …
Site Watch » Authors and Bookcrossing » Re: An Author and with Bookcrossing
patchwork 19 yrs ago
I am a published author. Yes it's true that you do get paid an advance upon publication of a book, but the more books that get sold the more money you make. Not to say that I don't love Bookcrossing because I do. It's a …
Book Talk » AUTHOR'S FORUM - Authors Come Here to Chat about All Things Book Related » Re: Public speaking engagements
patchwork 19 yrs ago
Something that helped me with public speaking engagements (and I've had to do a lot of them since my first book was released) was to join Toastmasters International. There are clubs all over the world and they teach …

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