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Peggy Charren, Children’s Television Advocate, Dies at 86

January 23, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Thank you Peggy Charren…

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Australia’s Favourite Author 2015 – The Top 10 (nearly)

January 23, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Almost there…

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WA Writers Links:

January 22, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Read (only) some of my favorite WA Children’s Writers:

SHAUN TAN: Author, Illustrator, Animator etc…

DIANNE WOLFER: Author

NORM JORGENSEN: Author JAMES FOLEY: Illustrator

MEG McKINLAY: Author

WENDY BINKS: Author & Illustrator

MARK GREENWOOD: Author

Frané LESSAC: Author & Illustrator

GABRIEL EVANS: Author & Illustrator

to name just a few, so many more on SCWBI WA.

Speak Up

It takes more than placement to tell a story.

More than illustration or clever juxtaposition

to speak to our children. The voice of our words

connects while young eyes search for meaning,

only then are hearts able to hear our stories.

@FrancesMForde #FrancesMacForde #SCWBI-WA #ShaunTan #DianneWolfer #NormJorgensen #JamesFoley #MegMcKinley #WendyBinks #MarkGreenwood #FraneLessac #GabrielEvans #WritingForChildren #Illustrators #Poetry #WAWriters

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Ten Quote Tuesday (#24)

January 21, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

My favorite: “The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” – Terry Pratchett

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28 years…

January 21, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Mum, Amazon Crescent, Kitwe, Zambia, 1972.

Today would have been my dear old Mum’s 84th birthday. I wish I could give her a hug, like I do in my dreams. It’s also the anniversary of my husband first finding my name on the net in 2002 (after 28 years apart) then that hug and a promise to explore the possibilities of love, again.

I think it was Mum’s way of hugging me… bringing my love back to me.

Taken in 2002, the day after he flew to Perth from Ireland via South Africa, to hug me.

My Knight

In the afternoon of my life,

settled,

content and comfortable

in my alone-ness

you question me!

You destroy

my strong defenses,

obliterate

my sense and reason

to let you in!

For my heart,

bow wave of confusion,

tense terror times

of doubt and fear

~ unknown ~

risk everything,

my ordered now!

The colours of my life

changing to a

different hue…

You terrify me!

Wanting – needing

arms that enclose

a broken heart…

Make it whole again!

@FrancesMForde #FrancesMacForde #POEM:MyKnight #ExploringPossibilities #Love

#Romance #Poems #Poetry #Reunion

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The White Gate

January 19, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

The White Gate

The path is Agapanthus strewn

freedom for women colours;

green and purple heads bob

in the Freo Doctor, interrupted

by blossoms which match the gate.

Hung upon squat solid upright stone,

it swings inwards, inviting entry

to this secret garden, lusted with

love, Christmas feasts, familial

fecundity, rapturously shared.

Reluctantly closed until next year…

#LynneLeonhardt #POEM:TheWhiteGate #Poetry #Nature #PerthWriters

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Film: Sniper

January 19, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Another excellent manifestation of Robert Lee’s 2 page scripts posted on the web for anyone to use – very well done!

Film: Sniper.

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Stuff On Sundays: Bookshelf Bounty

January 18, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Interesting list.

Stuff On Sundays: Bookshelf Bounty.

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American Sniper

January 18, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Can’t wait to see this – I’m a huge fan of Clint’s direction.

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How To Create A “Real” Fantasy World

January 18, 2015 by Frances Macaulay Forde

Lots of good ‘rules’ on writing fantasy here.

Lynette Noni

I love fantasy. I love reading it, I love watching it, and most of all, I love writing it. There’s something so incredibly liberating about letting your mind run wild with infinite possibilities. Because, really, the only thing that limits the creation of fantasy is our own imaginations.

But how, exactly, does someone create a “real” fantasy world? Because by definition, fantasy means something that is impossible or improbable. So how on earth can it be “real”?

*Shrugs* Beats me! But let’s see if we can flesh out some possibilities.

First up, even though it’s fantasy, there still have to be limits. Otherwise the fantasy just becomes chaos. And nobody likes chaos—it’s gritty and difficult to read. You get lost and caught up in the nuances. It’s better to refine the scope of the fantasy than it is to have no rules in place. A good example for this is…

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