top of page
Search
naomilisashippen
1 day ago1 min read
Do Fiction Authors Need Social Media?
Marketing your books has become an intrinsic part of being a fiction author, but how do you balance promoting your books to actually...
13 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
3 days ago1 min read
Life in the Time of Corona, Five Years On
It's hard to believe that it's five years since the start of COVID, and the lockdowns that have had such a profound impact on our lives....
3 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 71 min read
When Love Goes Wrong, Who Gets to Keep the Memories?
The biased media coverage of the sports star who lost his memorabilia in a bitter divorce. Read my story in Medium While the media showed...
8 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 51 min read
Madness, Magic and Mayhem
Rosie Hewlett's Modern Retellings of Medea and Medusa Medea and Medusa are two of the most reviled figures from ancient Greek mythology,...
9 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Feb 181 min read
Is Being a People Pleaser Slowly Killing You?
Constantly putting the needs of others ahead of your own could be literally killing you. Find out how in my story in The Virago on...
45 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Feb 111 min read
When Abuse Comes Disguised as Love
Fifteen-year-old Vanessa thought she had a love too special for the world to understand. Decades later, her lover is being accused of...
0 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Jan 212 min read
Life Is Just Commencing For Brooke Shields: Why the next chapter will be her most exciting yet.
Her refusal to be sidelined by a society that maligns older women is inspiring.
28 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Jan 111 min read
Why All Women Need A Prenup.
The age of marrying for love is over. With half of all marriages ending in divorce, perhaps it's time we took a more pragmatic approach...
57 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Nov 16, 20244 min read
What The Substance Reveals About Age Discrimination and What We Can Do About It.
The French say there is no beauty without pain, and the body horror film The Substance proves this adage correct. When an aging...
20 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Nov 2, 20241 min read
12 Heart-Warming Romance Stories to Make You Swoon This Christmas.
Whether you like your romance sweet and clean or quick and dirty, 12 Tropes of Christmas has you covered. From Jilted Brides to Enemies...
5 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Sep 29, 20241 min read
The Young Lovers Who Took On the World to Be Together.
At the Foot of the Cherry Tree by Alli Parker is the story of Australia’s first Japanese war bride, and the battle she and her Australian...
4 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 25, 20242 min read
Naomi's Newsletter Launch!
Writing Updates, Events, Book Reviews Ok, so I've gone and done it. I've somehow managed to start an email newsletter. It's only going to...
58 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 25, 20242 min read
There's More to This Cam Girl than Meets the Eye
In both literature and film, portrayal of women who work in the sex industry are usually defined by their profession. This aspect of...
9 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 25, 20241 min read
A Hell Ride of Guilt, Confusion and Anguish.
A night away at a city hotel seems like just what the doctor ordered for this sleep deprived new mother, however it turns out to be...
3 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Mar 25, 20241 min read
Time Reveals Our True Colours.
Whenever You’re Ready is the story of three elder women at their most interesting and complex. Friends since their teenage years, their...
6 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Jan 27, 20242 min read
When Love Turns Deadly.
A page-turning thriller from an exciting debut author! Long term besties Erin and Fiona are double-dating brothers Mark and Oliver, two...
9 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Dec 3, 20232 min read
Last Night I Saw Napoleon and Today I'm Boycotting Coles and Woolworths
Last night I went to see Napoleon by Ridley Scott and I couldn’t help being struck by the similarities with today. In the opening scenes,...
34 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Sep 12, 20234 min read
How Energy Healing Helped Me Achieve My Writing Dreams
This year, at the age of fifty-six, I achieved my lifelong ambition of becoming a published author. The reason it has taken me so long is...
87 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Aug 29, 20231 min read
When Luck Runs Out
Everyone thinks that Hannah Allen is lucky, but what they don’t realise is that her escape from a serial killer ten years ago has come at...
9 views
0 comments
naomilisashippen
Aug 19, 20232 min read
Duty, Lust and Love
Book Review: My Duty to You by Alyssa Martin Spare turned heir, Aiden Elliot, has to procure a bride, and fast! With the untimely death...
27 views
0 comments
Life in the Time of Corona
In 2020 I was thrilled to have several of my short stories included in this eclectic anthology, published during the first wave of the pandemic. From a tech billionaire, to an Uber driver to child stuck at home on school holidays, "Life in the Time of Corona" explores how everyone has been touched by the global pandemic.
​
Buy a copy by clicking the links below:
bottom of page