SA Writers' Centre seminar

Just a reminder that I will be conducting a seminar about blogging for beginners at the SA Writers' Centre.

It's called Put Your Blogging Gloves On!

From the SAWC website

Please contact the SA Writers' Centre if you are interested.
sawriters@sawc.org.au or 8223 7662

Cost: $55 for SAWC members or $77 for non-members

~yia~

Old Story

A while back I mentioned that I wanted to add the stories I have published in the past onto my website. Well I haven't done them all but I have managed to place my story Apprentice Bound up.

It's now available as pdf file from here.

I have grown since then as a writer- my voice, my story telling, my grammar.  I was going to rework the story and submit but I think I want to concentrate on new stories with my short fiction market. That is stories that haven't been published anywhere. So I hope you enjoy a blast from the past.

I'll let you know when I get my other stories up there.

~yia~

Come over to the Dark Side...DownUnder

I did say I would let you know when the new blog will be launched. So viola!!!

Hope you can join us!!!

I also blogged about this at Eleni's Library. 

~yia~

Blogging from the Bedroom

The blog post's title sounds like a romance novel doesn't it. Though while there is a love affair in this tale, it is of the platonic kind. The kind you have for things not people.

I am talking about my new MacBook Pro (the slowly going to be paid off MacBook). Yes finally!! I have coveted this for just as long as my iMac, perhaps longer and finally bit the bullet and purchased.

It's a 13" 2.4 GHz model - check the models out here.

Yes I am in love. The keyboard is comfortable for me. I love the Macs keys. I don't have to work as hard as other computer keyboards and that includes my netbook (EeePC) which caputed on me a couple of months back.

It's the perfect size for me in screen size and is portable and flexible to use. Since I have an iMac I didn't think I needed a huge screen to carry around with me. I am still getting use to the trackpad. They have so many options of what they can do, but seriously love, love, love this.

So is it a good thing I can blog from anywhere other than at my desk, especially at 2am? Hmmm....I'm really hoping this will be used for my writing, especially with NaNoWriMo coming up. Also being a CFS sufferer, I can jot things down when I'm resting or am feeling too sore for the desk. 

Did I tell you how much I love my MacBook Pro? *wink*

~yia~

Life...yep, yep, yep...

Uha - yes it's life getting in the way of blogging. But I've been good an keeping up with some polishing, so all is not lost. Today though I feel like a zombie - I always do after my chiropractic and massage appointment. And before you say oh lovely massage. This remedial massage, which bloody hurts. Ouch!!!

I always have a good sleep after and today was no exception but I'm still zonked so will not be doing too much until tomorrow afternoon I think.

In the meantime, I came across this on the Smart Bitches, Trashy books blog.

Librarians at it again!!! Libraries will survive.





You tube link 

Who ever though librarians boring? Well I certainly don't (OK so I'm an ex-librarian...still *wink*)

I love my local library network. While a never ending stock of books would be lovely, it's a) not affordable and b) not feasible. So I borrow books and new to me authors from the library, as well as borrowing DVDs of movies and TV series.

Did I say I loved my library?

~yia~

New blog on its way

I've had a couple of those really busy weeks, both with writing or writing related activities and also personal stuff.

One of the writing related activities is organising a new blog for the Paranormal group that I co-moderate. It will be a good news blog and I'm having a blast getting it set up.

I hope to have more news soon about its launch date, but it's called..

Do you like our banner?

~yia~