Heidi Wessman Kneale

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About Heidi Wessman Kneale
Heidi Wessman Kneale is an Australian author of moderate repute who writes escapist fiction. She is fond of Romance and Fantasy, often blending the two, for what is love without a little bit of magic?
Her Romance works have been compared to Georgette Heyer, Marion Chesney and Julia Quinn. Whether it be the ballrooms of Regency Romance, feisty American Suffragettes, or clockpunk alternate universes, Kneale applies her own brand of magic and wonder. Her books are sure to please fans of Mary Robinette Kowal and Gail Carriger.
Random Facts:
* Griffindor
* Team Gale
* Team Edward
* Picard and New Kirk
* Erudite
* Thorin Oakenshield (all the way!)
* Beethoven
* Vanilla ice cream on a sugar cone
Her Romance works have been compared to Georgette Heyer, Marion Chesney and Julia Quinn. Whether it be the ballrooms of Regency Romance, feisty American Suffragettes, or clockpunk alternate universes, Kneale applies her own brand of magic and wonder. Her books are sure to please fans of Mary Robinette Kowal and Gail Carriger.
Random Facts:
* Griffindor
* Team Gale
* Team Edward
* Picard and New Kirk
* Erudite
* Thorin Oakenshield (all the way!)
* Beethoven
* Vanilla ice cream on a sugar cone
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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 j4 months ago Read more -
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 comme7 months ago Read more -
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 tig7 months ago Read more -
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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.
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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. Loves9 months ago Read more -
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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.
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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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Here is a list of the top fifty words I used the most, including the number of times I used it:
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Essentially, the last message Opportunity sent before going dark in June 2018. (credit: REDDIT)
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Blog postWhat's your favourite joke? Please share in the comments.
A friend recently shared this article from The Atlantic on kids and jokes.
It reminded me that jokes are an important part of the human experience. But what a lot of people don't realise about jokes is that they can also be a measure of mental health, and they are markers of creativity in people.
I'm gonna talk about the relationship between jokes and creativity.
I spent much of my theat11 months ago Read more
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Books By Heidi Wessman Kneale
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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
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Heidi Kneale ,
Deborah Walker ,
EM Edwards ,
Lorraine Schein ,
Erin M Hartshorn ,
Rosie Oliver ,
Ian Sales
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The Enchanted Faerie
Dec 19, 2008
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E.J. Mckenna ,
Heidi Wessman Kneale ,
Holly Greenfield ,
Judy Bagshaw ,
Zara Penney ,
Lea Schizas
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