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The Worst Thing My Husband Ever Said to Me
The worst thing my husband ever said to me that ended our 30-year marriage.
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Mar 17, 20251 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...
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Mar 15, 20251 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....
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Mar 14, 20251 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...
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Mar 7, 20251 min read
Madness, Magic and Mayhem: Ancient Greek Myth Retellings of Medea and Medusa
My book reviews of the Ancient Greek Myth retellings of Medea and Medusa by Rosie Hewlett. Her modern take brings these stories to life, with her lyrical prose and captivating story telling.
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Mar 5, 20251 min read
Is Being a People Pleaser Slowly Killing You?
Being a people pleaser and constantly repressing my emotions to keep the peace has been detrimental to my physical and mental health and how I am reclaiming my authenticity and learning to put my own oxygen mask on first.
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Feb 18, 20251 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...
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Feb 11, 20252 min read
Why All Women Need A Prenup.
Financial abuse of married women over 50 and how they can empower themselves and protect their financial interests by using a prenup that recognises the unpaid labour women do in thie patriarchal society.
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Jan 11, 20251 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...
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Nov 16, 20244 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...
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Nov 2, 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...
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Sep 29, 20241 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...
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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...
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Mar 25, 20242 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...
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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...
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Mar 25, 20241 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...
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Jan 27, 20242 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,...
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Dec 3, 20232 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...
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Sep 12, 20234 min read
Lucky Number 11 Book Review
Hannah Allen had a lucky escape from a serial killer when she was a teenager, but just when she has rebuilt her life, will he return to destroy it once more? Read my review of Lucky Number 11 by bestselling thriller author Jess Kitching.
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Aug 29, 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...
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Aug 19, 20232 min read
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.
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