A New Audio Book

The Ozone Cafe is ready to read! Set upon the undercurrents of corruption, The Ozone Café traces the lives of three consecutive owners from the 1950's until its demolition in the 1990's. You can listen to a Preview of the Audio Book to see if this story suits you. It is white collar crime so prepare yourself for a remarkable journey into the lives of three successive owners who lived during the fifties, sixties and upwards. Not only is the book about…

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Dragonfly

A New Poem- 1st Draft © Today in my outdoor office andlistening to the hush of morninga dragonfly landed at the garden edge. © Small and warming his body on the fence, it reminded meof my first painting I did of a dragonflyin Pro Hart's Studio, Broken Hill. © When I looked further at this little creatureI could see the same body outlinethat I had been taught in one hour. © When I crept in closeand snapped his image in reposeI could see the same wings, little…

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2026 Read an Ebook Week

SMASHWORDS PROMO Dear Folks Recently I joined Draft2Digital and through to 7th March there is a special promotion for authors. I'm reducing the cost of my ebooks by 75%. The promotion is through Smashwords and a great opportunity to read my work for less than a cup of coffee!  © I currently have two audio books that you can Preview to listen and gauge whether one of my books is the genre you like to read.  © The LINKS are on the following…

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Writing a Synopsis

A previous article as a reminder re my synopsis for TATTOO CITY © One of the most challenging things you have to do when you've finished a major work is to write a “synopsis”. Firstly, I searched on the internet to find an easy answer. There was none. There is an abundance of “how to write a synopsis” articles on the web but the quantity is not only staggering, but mind-blowing and different. There is no.one synopsis that is a “one size fits all”. As…

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Writing Scifaiku

It's always great to learn new forms of poetry. During my poetry class on Saturday we wrote several scifaikus and now are able to submit to the Peter Cowan Writers #3 Zine. See previous post. © What is Scifaiku? SciFaiku is a form of poetry inspired by the Japanese haiku, also sometimes known as scifi-ku or scifiku. SciFaiku poems are short, minimal poems about science and science-fiction topics. They are presented with direct, tangible images in clear…

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WordPress Problems

Wordpress Update Without Thought In recent discussions with other Wordpress users, it has become apparent that unworkable changes are occurring on many platforms and in many themes that the company offers for paying customers. eg. .com or .net, however, not sure about .org. MY COMMENT: WordPress continually changes its content without asking the user. Block editor is a pain and now they’ve changed our dashboard link to other WordPress sites &…

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Two Audio Books

Published by Apple Books It feels really weird to have audio books read by someone else. On Apple Books you can choose to either have an American Male or American Female voice. Or you can choose an English female voice. I chose the latter. You can also preview the reading before you buy. © I listened to both and I especially liked the reading of The Last Asbestos Town. My words sounded very poetic by a voice that states and so I'm extremely happy. © My…

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My Novels on Draft2Digital

Draft2Digital improves their Online Publishing © So excited about the latest developments with the online publishing company Draft2Digital. They have recently teamed up with Bookshop.org and now offer authors the opportunity to publish or renew their previously published books to gain extra worldwide distribution.© I don't often promote my work, however this is great news as Bookshop.org is especially focusing on ebooks. It seems to me they…

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Litany for the Children

My poem accepted for publication in Zine #2 from the Peter Cowan Writers - Listen to the poem! © Litany for the Children You are the wind in the orchardThe plums on the counterAnd you are the pine-scented air   ̶  Billy Collins You are the wind in the orchardthe plums on the counterand you are the pine-scented air.You are also the blanket-tumble down hilland the beam of laughter on the grass. © However, you are not the fish in the riverthe boat…

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A Zine Opportunity

FOR ALL WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WRITERS: Submissions for the Peter Cowan Writers Centre Zine #003 are NOW OPEN for all WA writers! Submissions must be short fiction or poetry with a speculative fiction or pop culture element. Submissions may be any genre or style, but prose MUST be 3000 words or less andpoetry MUST be 3 pages or less. Please see further submission requirements below. CATEGORIES Prose & Poetry WA submissions only (proof of WA residency may…

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