Lilian's Tree

  My good friend  Jill Ball  posted this on her blog and has challenged us to do likewise, so here goes. When you have read my answers, why not cut and paste and play along! 1. Read the first chapter of a book in a bookstore Yes, how else can you know if a book is good.. 2. Bought a book in a bookstore What is a bookshop for is not to buy a book or several. 3. Stayed up all night to finish a book Yep! Still do if it's a good book. 4. Bought a book you already owned Yes, but I now check before hand. 5. Keep track of the books you've read Goodreads  6. Read more than 20 hours per week Yes,  and often have two books on the go at once. 7. Used a receipt as a bookmark   Tickets, ribbon, piece of paper, and I have a good collection of bookmarks, as well. 8. Follow more than ten authors on social media Three, Fiona McArthur, Louise Allan and Catherine Hein. All are Australian authors. 9. A dog-eared book page makes you cringe Yes, such a bad thing to do. 10. Own m...

I write, I suppose everyone does to some extent. Shopping lists, notes, essays, letters, reports, on birthday and Christmas cards, blogs and books, all manner of writing but does that make me a writer?   Yes, No, Maybe? My trusty little Collins Australian Gem English Dictionary, give the meaning of the word writer as thus; Writer, n, one who writes; author.    So according to that I am a writer and thus I am. I ask this question because in the past few week I have read or listened to other authors explain their writing process, their struggles with getting it right, how they research, for their book(s) and how they feel as a author. I found myself nodding, in agreement with them or saying 'I do that...' Now I'm not saying I'm the next Nora Roberts or Mary Higgins Clark but in my little corner of the world, I'm Lilian Magill, Published Author! I have published  this, and this, Both of these will never be best sellers but copies of both have b...

   Over the past few months I have been introduced to two new Australian authors. Louise Allan and Michelle. These ladies have both released their first novels this year and they are on the top of my MUST READ pile. Louise, lives in Western Australia, with her husband and four children and in her acknowledgements she says that the story has taken six years to write. Set in Tasmania, with a time span og seventy years, it is a story of two sisters, their relationship and music. Louise has a website, a wonderful blog and is on Facebook. https://louisejallan.com/                                               The blurb for The Sisters' Song. Michelle, also lives in Wertern Australia and is a consultant  Emergency Physician. Dustfall is set in Wittenoom, the town that was built on asbetos mining and where so many people contracted c...