I have trouble believing how long it's been since my last post. So much has been happening.
One of my short stories ("Missing") made it's way into an anthology called Where's Pluto. The best part was the venue for the presentation ceremony at the Wirra Wirra winery.
I've been to Armidale in New South Wales where I spoke to the local historical society and did some research for a journal article later in the year. An article about my visit even appeared in the local newspaper: The man who became Armidale's cordial king.
I also finally published The River, a history of the Logan and Collins pioneering families who lived alongside the Tweed River in New South Wales. A lot of people have shown interest and bought copies. Most pleasing has been the positive comments from non-family readers who have just enjoyed a good story.
A change of pace (if you excuse the pun) has been my participation in the City to Bay Fun Run to raise money for cancer research. I don't know where the fun is in running 12 kilometres and we did not raise our target. If you want to help out it might still be possible to make a donation. I did the race, but let down the team by walking part of the way. They're all very nice about it, and ominously telling me that I'll do better next year.
William has worked as a social worker in disability and mental health. He has always been interested in writing, mainly in professional journals, and the spiritual. This is about his journey in creative and historical writing, publications and observations on life generally.
The fun bit is that it doesn't matter if you walk some of the way!
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