Jacque's mind wanderings

Illustrating Ideas by Under One Sky Anthology As many of Jacque’s readers would know she contributed a story in the Licuala Writers Under One Sky anthology which was released last year (2011). She was one of twenty writers who contributed to the anthology which is a mix of short stories, prose and p

I don’t often get to watch television but yesterday afternoon when I got home I clicked on the television and flopped onto the couch, I was exhausted. What was on the screen was mesmerizing… I couldn’t move, not that I tried to; I was too involved with what I had begun to watch. Yesterday was [...]

Fatal Flaw A writers’ job is to capture the feeling of moment and place. It is to transport the reader into another’s shoes. Sandy Curtis does this expertly in her latest novel Fatal Flaw. She is a master at bringing a story to life written so succinctly it appears effortless. In Fatal Flaw we meet

My glasses are sliding off my face and the keyboard is slippery with sweat, and not the sweat of hard work or inspiration either – just yucky OMG its hot kind of sweat. In this kind of hot weather and the thick muggy air that goes with it I find it ever so difficult to [...]

The Flip Book – or – No Longer a Flip Book Virgin Well I have recently finished reading my first Flip Book. Initially when I began reading I was a little uncomfortable but I quickly got used to the format and by the end of the book I was smitten. Perhaps it helps that I [...]

The big race has been and gone; the country held its collective breath and sighed. What a finish. What would they have done with out cameras – several of them? Can more than one horse win the Melbourne Cup? First and second were lest than a hair width apart and third and fourth weren’t that [...]

Light at the End of the Tunnel I can see it I think… the light at the end of the tunnel. As my previous couple of posts indicate I have been ridiculously busy. It is as though I have been climbing an enormous spiraling staircase, quite beautiful with glorious views out of occasional windows but [...

Yes I would still like to pull a Bruno Mars and lie in my bed but alas I can only dream about it. Apart from my art commitments, this weekend is a full one. I am involved with ‘Book Creators Circle’; it is a group of people and businesses who have something to do with [...]