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Technophobia 19 Oct 2012 | 03:19 am
There I was, basking in the glory of being a best selling author in Paris, when BANG I'm asked to do something on the computer that - to me - and several other authors - finds impossible. I need som...
Bonjour La France - in the rain! 18 Oct 2012 | 03:39 pm
Hi there, I know it has been a while, but I've been rather busy as you will see. Now I'm writing as Ellie Dean it means I must write three books a year - and none of them are small affairs - I like to...
You never know who might be watching.... 28 May 2012 | 11:06 pm
Just spoke to someone I used to know when I was about eleven or twelve. This is great, but it does remind me of how ancient I'm getting. Being an author is an odd thing - I think I've said this befo...
HOT, HOT HOT 28 May 2012 | 11:03 pm
Summer has arrived and as we swelter in this heatwave, it's almost like being back home in Australia. Which is good, because I've just finished writing my latest Ellie Dean tiltle, and now must start...
THE OCEAN CHILD EXCLUSIVE E-BOOK 2 May 2012 | 09:27 pm
To those of you who don't know, THE OCEAN CHILD is now exclusively in English as an e-book and can be downloaded on all that wonderful technical wizzardry. It's set in Tasmania where I was born, and...
STRESS, STRESS, STRESS 2 May 2012 | 09:23 pm
I had a day off yesterday with lunch and drinks sitting in the rare sunshine. One always has to get out there when the sun shines, it could be our summer, and therefore too precious to miss. Now i...
ELLIE DEAN 19 Apr 2012 | 11:39 am
If you enjoy Tamara McKinley, maybe you'll enjoy Ellie Dean. We are one and the same, but the format is a little different. Ellie Dean is writing about England in WW2, and the stories are set on the s...
THE OCEAN CHILD 19 Apr 2012 | 11:37 am
Just a quick reminder. The Ocean Child isn't available in the English language, so I've put it on Amazon as an e-book. You can download it now. I hope you enjoy it.
THE QUEEN AND I 19 Apr 2012 | 11:07 am
Sounds frightfully grand, doesn't it? But last year I actually got to meet Her Majesty. This is what happened. My agent phoned and asked if I'd got the letter she'd forwarded. I hadn't. The post in ou...
TWO YEARS OF LIVING DANGEROUSLY 19 Apr 2012 | 10:56 am
Hi there, it's been a while I know, but things have been going on, and writing a blog is the last thing I've had time for. My last two years have been full of drama and so you'll have to excuse my lac...