Seasonal Update – December 2022

  Time for a long-overdue update. Firstly, all my best to you for the festive season. Here in Australia we are heading into the hottest period of summer, with bush fires already causing destruction. The southeast of the country has been experiencing extreme flooding.  Climate change is making its mark here in a big way and we can only hope those in positions of power are brave enough (and principled [...]

2022-12-28T00:14:32+11:00December 28th, 2022|

Books, Books and More Books

  Yoda has been using the Force to help me sort out some books. Rather a lot of books. This double pile represents a small percentage of the mountain of fantasy works piled up all over my house at present. This year I am one of the five judges for the World Fantasy Awards. These awards are presented annually for the best fantasy works in English, spread over several categories [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:14+11:00February 16th, 2017|

Season’s Greetings and Thank You

  Yes, it's that time of year again, and we headed along to Pet Lover's Cafe for a photo with a very long-suffering Santa. Reggie (on the left) is reacting to the photographer, Zen looks stately but disapproving, and Fergal is posing sweetly.  I left Pip and Bodhi at home - not brave enough to try for the five-dog image this time around. It's been an unproductive year for me [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:14+11:00December 24th, 2016|

Meet the Crew Part 3: Fergal and Reggie

Since my first Meet the Pack post I have lost two beloved members of the crew. Darling old Amy succumbed to liver cancer and severe arthritis, and more shockingly, my beautiful Harry (below) was mauled to death by a rottweiler while being walked on the lead only metres from home. That traumatic event is one reason I have not been blogging here much recently. Harry was such a special boy [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:15+11:00May 4th, 2016|

Meet the Crew Part 2: Harry and Zen

In this post I'll introduce you to two very special members of my canine family. As I mentioned in my first doggy post, for several years I was a foster carer for a rescue group. I've ended up with my own small pack of rescues, several of whom stayed with me because they were too old, sick or behaviourally challenged to be re-homed. Sometimes, of course, it's just love at [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:15+11:00January 27th, 2016|

Meet the Pack: Part 1

Readers may already know that as well as being a full time writer, I’m a foster carer for an animal rescue group. I specialise in dogs that are elderly and/or have health challenges, so quite often my foster animals end up staying permanently. Some are ‘foster fails’ – dogs the foster carer falls in love with and can’t bear to let go. Others might be called ‘forever fosters’ – dogs [...]

2020-02-09T06:34:16+11:00July 11th, 2015|
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