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Blog postNew release. Yay.
Let me introduce Be My Grl.
Ros Wilson had only meant to return a mis-posted package to the original sender. She never meant to have her demisexual world shaken by the thought of a hot, sweaty man, where his T-shirt clung ever so—
No. Enough of that. Sex was never her thing. She never had a crush, she never got all hot and bothered over a celebrity, she never had a single stirring in her loins. Ros was content with her job, her foster kittens and her lac -
Blog postOn Facebook I am attending Concellation 2021, an online convention to make up for all the conventions that were cancelled in 2020. (I'm quite enjoying it!)
One of the recent discussions was about fan fiction, and authors who strongly discourage it (and why).
Much good discussion ensued.
Fan fiction is something I don't worry about. I do think about it, from time to time. Used to even write it, a long, long, LONG time ago.
Personally, I am not opposed to -
Blog postI've got my release date for CURRENTLY UNCHAPERONED, the first book in the Currently Charmed series, out from The Wild Rose Press.
13 January 2021
I'll be talking much about this on social media over the next few months. #CurrentlyUnchaperoned
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Blog postHello Australian Romancelandia, and to the rest of the world watching us having fun,
Here is a brief and incomplete mid-way report for my experiences at the #RWAus20 #LoveInIsolation virtual conference, being held Not-In-Fremantle Western Australia.
First of all, kudos to this year's committee, many of whom I know in-person, for dealing with These Times and the wrench These Times have thrown in the plans of the whole world. They took an in-person conference and converted i -
Blog postDear Australia,
I know you're currently suffering a massive toilet paper shortage. You've stripped all supermarket shelves clean. However will you wipe your butts?
A travesty, I know.
What you may not know, having been the Lucky Country for so long, and have previously had a never-ending supply of Sorbent or Quilton, that once upon a time, people didn't always use bog rolls for keeping the nether regions clean.
In 19th Century United States, la -
Blog postI don't drink. Never have, and don't plan to in the future. I grew up in a teetotaler culture and now that I live somewhere that's known for its alcohol consumption (aka Australia), I discovered a social thread that says it's okay to not drink alcohol when out with the mates. The famous Australian Lemon, Lime & Bitters is the drink you drink when you don't want to drink. Everywhere makes it, everyone drinks it.
But sometimes you want something different. Mocktails are always ser -
Blog postIt came from this tin.A friend of mine shared a story how she had horrible childhood memories of school milk. To this day, she cannot drink milk, no matter how fresh and cold, because of her enforced experience.
I, too, received milk every day at school. Unlike my friend's, ours was safely refrigerated. Still, plain milk was never my favourite. It was an all-or-nothing kind of situation. If we chose to open our half-pint carton of milk, we had to drink the whole thing. We couldn't j -
Blog postAnd what a fabulous Romance Writers of Australia Conference 2019 that was! I am so glad I went. The conference has been officially over for an hour now, and we are all exhausted.
I totally got my extrovert on, and boy, the extrovert spends sooo much energy. I couldn't maintain it for the whole weekend.
I am tired, so I shall have to post later. I will do a complete rundown of the Conference in September's newsletter. Sign up now so you don't miss out.
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Blog postBy the time you read this, I'll be at the Romance Writers of Australia Conference 2019 in frigid Melbourne, AU. For the past month or so I have been so focused on getting my writing career together for this, that I haven't had any chance to science at all. AT ALL.
So, while I'm off being an author, you can get your science on.
Science is this beautiful, wonderful pursuit by the human race as they explore their world and the universe, from the smallest known particle to -
Blog postOver the past few months I've been busy working on audiobooks (and I taught a class on the same in June).
Finally, a job that uses my bachelor degree!
After spending quite a bit of time recording, editing, and mastering audiobooks, I realised something very important.
I want to do this. I really want to do this. Like, permanently. I know what my career change needs to be. I want to work on audiobooks.
What I Like About It
The Solit -
Blog postA while back, a bit of luck blew my way, literally. It fled someone else and came to me. I would have returned it, if only I knew who it belonged to.
Once upon a time, so long ago that by the time you see this post I will most likely have forgotten about this, I was walking through a parking lot. A breeze was blowing gently when it wafted something leaf-coloured in my direction. I didn't think anything of it initially, as there were quite a few leaves blowing about the ground. -
Blog postApparently, there's a movie coming out based on this musical, and the interwebs are of mixed opinion.
One of those opinions is that Cats the Musical has no plot.
Not true. It does have a plot. It's an uberplot, and therefore may be a bit difficult for some people to grok, if they're not used to analysing uberplots.
Quick analysis:Exposition: The cats gather together at the Jellicle Ball to determine who gets to ascend to the Heavyside Layer. Those cat -
Blog postA few weeks ago someone asked me... well, they didn't ask me so much as accuse me of never using foul language. You know, four-letter words, crude language, cussin'. Saying #%cK. Originally, their purpose was an attempt to shame me for my language choices. Their reasoning: children can't use foul language, but adults should. Not "could", but should. At least, that's how they explained it to me. Adults were supposed to cuss.
Their explanation did not hold water with m -
Blog postEver wanted to see your books as audiobooks? Ever wonder how it’s done? I'm gonna show you how.
Romance Writers of Australia (RWAus) are presenting a month-long Online Writing Lab (OWL) where I demonstrate a behind-the-scenes production of an audiobook, including recording and editing, Quality Assurance (QA) requirements, and more. Discover why a good narrator is worth their price per finished hour, or see if you’ve got the patience to DIY.
What makes a good raw sound f -
Blog postI am subscribed to a double-handful of newsletters. Most I tend to ignore until I'm ready to read them (that's usually a few days up to a few weeks).
But one arrived today, and for some reason, I was thrilled.
It was the KonMari newsletter. I was genuinely happy to receive it. Today's topic: Greeting your home. It contained a lovely video of Marie Kondo greeting a home before getting to work.
Following up somewhat from my last post, I thought about my home. -
Blog postI read Ask A Manager, a blog which provides all sorts of useful insight, horror stories and good advice regarding the workplace. It is eye-opening. Go have a squiz. It's a good education, especially if you aren't sure you have a good handle on workplace norms. (hint: most places aren't.)
A recent post talked about a poor management call, entitled: "we have to write deeply personal poems and share them at a staff meeting". This elicited quite a reaction from the comme -
Blog postI KonMari'd this blog post to leave the most important parts. I realised you didn't really want to hear lots from me on the craft of writing. However, the things I mention in here are things I wish I knew twenty years ago. It has taken me this long to figure these things out.
May they help you as well.
1. Voice. You wanna know what will hook an editor or agent and get them to read on? It's voice. If you ain't got that, nothing else matters, no matter how tig -
Blog postYes, Katie Bouman, you should be excited. You and the rest of your team who brought us this really cool science image. A few other people who were involved are Sandra Bustamante, Feryal Ozel, Heino Falcke, and all these people from the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. Congrats, guys!
In case you've been living under a rock or off the grid, you will have heard the news of the first image of a black hole. It looks like this:
A direct image of th -
Blog postSome Random Thoughts...
Please send chicken nuggets.
The problem with a History of Astronomy project is that much of the original source material is print-only, and mostly out-of-print. I live in Western Australia. Is eBay my friend? Time will tell.
This guy and I are supposed to be best buds for the next few months. But I'm not feeling the love.Librarians and I are mates, and they're willing to help me, as much as they can.
I now have more libr -
Blog postThis morning as I waited for Their Ladyships to get their acts together, I sat on the couch in the wan hours of dawn and watched the cat play with something.
This is not unusual; he is a cat, after all. His preferences lie with certain objects like ping pong balls (because they roll), hair ties and elastic bands (because they, um... stretch) and My Little Ponies (because he's... a Brony?). He has also been known to chew up Loom Band bracelets and the remains of party balloons. Loves -
Blog postLast week I had a busy day. It started at 5am and had about a half-dozen things I needed to do that morning before 7am. Then I had a few more things I needed to do before I went to work.
One of those things took me near to the ocean. As I'm driving along the coast, an urge to stop and visit the beach overwhelmed me.
I pulled over, took off my shoes and socks, rolled up my work uniform trousers, and padded my way down the steps to the sand.
Thus, I esc -
Blog postNug me!Last week when I got paid, I took a brief moment to snatch a few bucks from my paycheque as it whooshed by at supersonic speeds. This, I spent most frivolously on a box of Chicken McNuggets.
While I was waiting for them to fry me up a fresh batch, I found this sitting on an empty table:
Empty ring box from Prouds Jewelers on the table at Macca's.
Yep, that is an empty ring box. In McDonalds.
I have no idea how it got there, but I like its -
Blog postBoth my grandmothers loved to cook. Each one had signature recipes that were passed down to the rest of us.
These two I'm sharing because I'd forgotten about one, then the other. If I share them now, they won't be forgotten forever.
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My maternal grandmother, Opal Quesenberry (aka Nonnie), was from the American South (Appalachia). Last year (or year before), my daughter read, then watched The Help. She was intrigued by this entirely alien culture. I had -
Blog postActually, his hand looks an awful lot like this,
for the splint he has to wear makes his thumb stick out.Last month His Grace suffered a hand injury that put his right thumb out of commission for a Very Long Time. This has been a challenge for him, for he is very much a right-handed man (unlike my good self, who is rather ambidextrous).
Thus, His Grace has been quite challenged. As he goes about adjusting to his new life, he regularly encounters things he cannot do because he -
Blog postMy novel writing software (yWriter) has a word usage counter tool that lets you know how often you use a particular word. (This is good to see if you use too may weasel-words like "just" and "that" or whatever else you might tic on.)
Here is a list of the top fifty words I used the most, including the number of times I used it:
the (2948), Her (1908), to (1753), she (1514), a (1511), of (1287), and (1034), he (991), was (987), his (949), it (94
Titles By Heidi Wessman Kneale
Her Endearing Young Charms: A Regency Romance with Magic (A Lady of Many Charms Book 1)
May 20, 2016
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Aphrodite Terra: Stories about Venus
Dec 13, 2015
by
Heidi Kneale,
Deborah Walker,
EM Edwards,
Lorraine Schein,
Erin M Hartshorn,
Rosie Oliver,
Ian Sales
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