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Built myself a new computer! Left side is the pretty coloured lights of the interior, right side is all the stuff happening in the background. Rather like the way I write, really. (I promise I tidied those cables before I put the case back on.) November Newsletter...

Me: Look at these amazing kiddie sofas! I should totally get one for the cats. My daughter: You'd have to get two. One each. Me: Yes you're absolutely right. Then they'd fight over one sofa and hate the other. My daughter: Yep. October Update Back to Work! Workshops I...

Last month featured Pixie, this is Inari, my daughter's cat. Of course she lives with me now. She's upset because I turned off her Youtube video.   September Update Sincerest sympathies to everyone doing it tough right now. After a few weeks of spinning with...

Not a beach photo this month - here's some Beans And Floof from Pixie for all the people in lockdown.   August Update I seriously considered delaying this newsletter, because I have no news to share, but you all deserve to hear where things are, because of the...

On clear winter days like this I can literally see into the next state. The high-rises on the peninsula at the far left are in Coolangatta, in New South Wales. If I walk 5km to the far north end of the beach, they disappear under the curve of the Earth (they're about...

Inari's COLD. (That's an old sarong on top of my inkjet printer so it doesn't fill up with cat hair and become useless. So far it's worked but I have to turn it off unless I'm using it - because she keeps banging the control panel with her cranky tail and printing...

I wasn't a guest of Supanova, but I went along to help my friend Megs, who has 'Pirate-Dragon' handmade jewellery - and hang out with my other creative friends. I'm still talking to the other cons about making appearances, and I need to get that vaccine done for them!...

Autumn brings cooler breezes and brilliant clear blue skies. It's borderline too cool to swim, and the beaches are still tourist-free.   The big upcoming thing is Gold Coast Supanova next weekend: I am not a guest of the show, didn't purchase a table, but I will...

My daughter came up from Sydney to visit when border restrictions were eased. We went for Hakataya Ramen in Pacific Fair and the staff there picked us. (Disclaimer: SHE IS NOT MY FAV I LOVE BOTH MY CHILDREN EQUALLY HOW COULD YOU DO THIS COKE OMG) February was a month...

I was TRYING to watch my friend and fellow author Traci Harding talk about her wonderful creative works. Inari decided that Traci's insights were fascinating. New Releases! (Not really: they're new format or region releases of stuff I've already done) Dawn of Empire...