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Hi Folks

Well , it seems like winter has finally arrived.  If you are following me on Facebook you'd know I've been very busy.  Firstly, with my oldest daughter in her last year of high school we are trying to focus on her needs... but with the year starting out as it did, with not one but two major flood events, the cruise (which was fun despite hearing about the floods and being unable to get home) and youngest daughter starting her new part time job... life continues to be hectic.

Beyond my writing commitments, I am also a member of the local Rotary Club so that takes up a lot of my spare time... but I have been busy. 

I also have 6 chicks growing nicely.  At just over 3 weeks, they are now in a brooder box, where they are kept warm, fed and watered.

There they are! All fluffy and cute and getting their first feathers.  They will stay in there another 3 - 4 weeks until they are big enough to go out into a pen with lots of shredded paper. 

They've about quadrupled in size since hatching... 

And I think Winter has finally arrived... 

Today it is so cool and wet.  I think many of us are over that whole wet thing right now.  This is the view from the back steps.  The lovely lush green look has left the grasses in the cattle yards behind us and become a drab olive.  But we have to be patient as we suffer through this next season. At least it isn't as bad as sweltering through summer.  (Which is not my favourite season.) 

Even Teddy has got into the act with his tshirts.  The nights are cooling down and on cold days he snuggles into his shirts. As you can see though, he's not exactly overly concerned, is he? Oh and I'll only be intermittently online over the next week... I'm heading for ... Tasmania!  Checking on my parents and attending a conference with the darling hubs... So if I get a few minutes, I'll try and upload some pics of that too.

Apart from that... Writing... Yes, I'm still working away, though at the moment I'm working at the dining table while we have the chicks in the brooder... 

I've finally finished the rough draft of Dark Souls!  After 18 months I am soooo pleased to say "The End."  It's horrendously dark... and in need of a very heavy edit.  But I won't be getting to that in the next few weeks.  

I've also submitted the sequel to Blame The Wine and fingers crossed my lovely Total-E-Bound editor Sue loves it.  It's not anywhere near as light but it promises a bumpy road to love.

And I'm working on a piece, currently titled A Bar In Paris... Oh this one is really different... 

I also have a couple of Blog Tours lined up and ....

I'm going to be on radio again!  Tomorrow night I am joining Elaine Raco Chase on Triangle Radio's Authors Corner. More details soon, and I even promise to upload the link to the pod cast. If you happen to be around at 10.00 pm Eastern, make sure you log in and listen. This is my first ever US radio interview and I'm stoked!  There's also an added treat for listeners!

With a range of books releasing between now and August I'm beavering away at the computer. So keep an eye out... follow my facebook or twitter pages for excerpts and updates (and other little things!).  Just click on the links at the top.

So that’s all  my news...

I’ll be back again soon!

Imogene

2013 - Starts with a Bang!

So the first quarter of 2013 is nearly done.  It's been a huge year for me.  Starting with floods...  (Yep we had more than one...)

Then comes releases - I have now got a whopping 9(?) titles that should be releasing in 2013...

STARBURST

THE PLAN

BLAME THE WINE

THE BLOOD BRIDE

HESPARIA'S TEARS

THE SHUTTLE

THE SHOE SALON

THE CHOCOLATE AFFAIR

And of course, there is one more which I still can't tell you about. (Hopefully soon I can announce the who and where...)

On the blog I've been inviting lots of friends to come talk about their journey in writing... Have you been enjoying that?  I do hope so.  If not, please let me know.  I love to make the blog as interesting as possible.

On the writing front:

I've finished one novella (which is currently on submission), nearly finshed the sequel to Blame The Wine (Hiding In Plain Sight), started the sequel to The Blood Bride (The Illuminated Witch).

(And this is the year I promised to slow down... uh huh!)

On a personal level - traveled to New Caledonia and Vanuatu... (hence my great new Facebook profile pic!!)

My oldest has started her last year of high school and my youngest is now also a senior at high school.  I've continued on my Rotary commitments :)  And applied bunny ears to my car - yes, I'll even add a photo later! (Thank heavens for the joys of the editing widget on Blogger!!)

 Attended the ARRA Conference in Brissy and met up with some super fabulous authors!

The second half should (hopefully) be a little slower.  (Well mind you, with my release schedule, I think I'll be hopping from one blog to another over the next month or three...)

So - have I been busy enough?  Let me know your thoughts!

Imogene