DECISIONS AND CHOICES Life is a continuing series of decisions and choices. For me, making good life choices keeps me in control of my own future. Everyday the results of good and bad choices are blasted from the TV, media, social … Read More
ABOUT FINDING CREATIVITY Carousel Horse by Willa Frayser At some stage many of us are required to think creatively. It comes easy to some but can be a laborious chore for others. This year while coping with family issues I found … Read More
Carle Vernet revisited for Thursday Art Day Carmel Rowley I’m thrilled to feature Carle Vernet this Thursday. Mameluke the grand gallop After breeding Arabian horses for some forty years there was always a vision in my mind’s eye as to the appearance of the Arabian … Read More
There ends 2015 … I began to organise this post so many weeks ago I’ve forgotten the date. I was thinking, I’m on top of my latest novel Consequences but my my how wrong can a person be! I force … Read More
DIFFERENT CHOICES Stavs Sorsha straight Egyptian mare. A beloved personal choice. In life we have choices tempered and acted upon by our own specific circumstances. We can’t be forced into making a choice. Choices are usually made consciously to benefit … Read More
I’M BACK HERE AGAIN The heading says it all. Another book is written and I’m in the editing phase. Do I dare say the finish line is in sight? Yes, the finish line is in sight! This book is set … Read More
Cover Up – it’s not what you think. I’m so fortunate to have talented friends. Local author, poet and editor Susan Skowronski has kindly given me permission to share her latest flash fiction. Thanks Susan, love the story. Titled Cover … Read More
THE CRAZY DELUSIONS OF LIFE “I’m not strange, weird, off, nor crazy, my reality is just different from yours.” Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carroll . Carmel and her shadow Roger Rowley There have been times when I’ve thought, I’m … Read More
UNDER CONTROL I often question why and how my being a writer began, because when I think back to the many years of writing my first novel Tails Carried High (released 2009) all I recall is a state of perpetual motion. Our Pearsons … Read More
Tails at Vinnies or read to death! Carmel Rowley www.carmelrowley.com.au “I write about what I love and what I truly care about …” Carmel Rowley I often shop at Vinnies in Toowoomba, it’s a treasure trove of wonderful stuff that includes clothes, … Read More