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Are you an Author, Reader, Publisher, Editor, Agent or Other?
Author, reader, poet
Do You Have A Website?
www.fixwrite.net
About Me:
Writer and poet from Melbourne Australia. I teach short writing courses, workshops for all ages.
Do you have a blog site?
http://fixwrite.forumup.com.au/?mforum=fixwrite
Favorite Books:
Borstal Boy, anything by Ruth Park, Dear Ones All to name a few

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At 8:24pm on July 16, 2008, kristin rockey said…
Hello! I would love to hear more about what you do! By the way..when responding to someone here..look directly under this box and you will see that you can respond in three ways. If you see your own comment here, it means the other person did not get it.
At 7:50pm on July 16, 2008, Merlene Fawdry said…
Hello Margaret,

I come from the outer west. I lived in Maribyrnong RD in another life and worked in Ascot Vale Rd even further back. I've had a look at your website and I'm impressed. I don't think we have met - I've just got one of those faces. I admire writers who write romance as it's not my genre at all, although I did write a short story about a bee and a flower once - does that count? Do you belong to any writing groups, associations etc?

Best Wishes

Merlene
At 7:39pm on July 16, 2008, Merlene Fawdry said…
I wouldn't mind a roll at the moment - procrastination is numbing my fingers.

Cheers

Merlene
At 6:53pm on July 16, 2008, Margaret Tanner said…
Hi Merlene,
Hope this finds you well. What part of Melbourne re you from?
I hail from Moonee Ponds.
I write mainly Australian Historical Romance, and thanks I do have a few published, but it has been a long slog, but I suppose I don't need to tell you that.
Actually, your face looks familiar, but I can't think where I would have met you.
Kind regards
Margaret Tanner
http://www.margarettanner.com/
At 6:07pm on July 16, 2008, Morgan Mandel said…
Hi Merlene,
Welcome to Book Place.
Have a great time & be sure to tell everyone about us.
Morgan Mandel
At 10:32am on July 16, 2008, Tracey L. Burton said…
The second book I am like on page 65. My first book I just was on a roll and couldn't stop. That was my first time.
At 5:20am on July 16, 2008, Merlene Fawdry said…


Discourse with Walls

Poetry by Merlene Fawdry

Written during period as Writer-in-Residence, Launceston Gorge Cottage March 2008
At 5:16am on July 16, 2008, Merlene Fawdry said…


The Little Mongrel - free to a good home

Melene Fawdry

A story of adoption and 20th century welfare sytem in Australia.
At 5:14am on July 16, 2008, Merlene Fawdry said…


In Empty Spaces

Poetry by Merlene Fawdry
 
 

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Do you have more trouble loading my blogspot with the slides up? Do you like them or are they too distracting?

A Christmas Tree Already

On the way home from work yesterday, I passed a house that already had a lighted and decorated Christmas tree up and showing by the window.

Is it not too soon for that? In my mind, the day after Thanksgiving is when the Christmas Season starts. That's when it's fair game to put up a tree and decorations and start shopping. The way things are going this year, I'll be lucky if I get organized enough to decorate a few days before Christmas.

With our dog, Rascal, who lives up to her name, we'll probably go with a fiber optic small tree on top of an end table. One of these days I may pull put the larger tree from the box in the basement and set it up, but not until our doggy is a little more sedate. I don't feel like chasing her to get ornaments out of her mouth. I will be putting up knick knacks, lights inside and decorations on the walls, so it will still look Christmasy. No lights outside because for some reason we have no outlets outside.

While we're on the subject of Christmas trees and such, be sure to add holidays in your books. You can mention decorations and lights  or Easter eggs and baskets, or even mattress sales in your descriptions to ground the reader as to the season.
Now, back to that tree I saw. What about you? When do you decorate for Christmas? What do you put up?

Winners and Losers at the CMAs and Life

I love country music and almost every country performer. While watching the CMAs, I enjoyed seeing the winners accept their awards. On the other hand, it was hard for me to see the losers do their best to appear gracious and for the most part succeeding.

For every winner, there's a loser. In life and in books, it's the same way. How people react to their good and bad fortune shows what their characters are made of.  You don't have to tell a reader who the good guy or  bad guy is. Let their actions speak for themselves. The readers are smart enough to figure it out.

PS Can't finish this blog without saying - You Rock, Taylor Swift! You are one smart, talented teenager! Congrats on all your awards, especially, Entertainer of the Year!!!

CMA Awards Tonight and Twitter

One of my favorite shows is on tonight - the CMA Awards. If you're a country music fan, you're probably like me and will be glued to the TV 8pm EST, or in my case 7pm, in the flatlands of Illinois.

Almost all my favorite performers will be there, except I hear that Rascal Flatts can't make it.

I'll be on Twitter during the show also. That's part of the fun of it - discussing and dissecting outfits, performers, songs and even commercials, kind of like I'm at a giant party with people who all go for the same thing and want to share.

What about you? What kind of music do you like? Do you tweet during a favorite show or event?

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