A retired primary school teacher who has made a hobby of writing, I have written short stories, children’s stories, nonfiction accounts and even (terrible) poetry. Some stories can be found on this site, linked above.
While not having enormous success with publishing, I have nevertheless managed to see some of my work in magazines and newspapers and have even had a story read on ABC radio in Melbourne.
Despite not having all of my writing out in the public arena, I am quite happy to keep writing just for my own pleasure.
I have also written over 500 eulogies, as a support for my husband’s work as a funeral celebrant.
Eulogy writing has been both a privilege and a pleasure.
In 2007 I published a small book on the subject entitled, "Tell it Like it Was, a guide to eulogy writing". That original edition is now out of print but I have made it into an e-book — or print-on-demand edition, which is available through lulu.com . Anyone interested may access it by simply going to lulu.com and searching the title in their on-line shop. Copies are also available by contacting me through the comments section of my Blog or via my email address: gendi@netspace.net.au
I have worked long and hard on another project — a 50 page booklet titled, 'A Guide to Literacy for the First Year of School', which I had hoped to publish one day. Although it may have proved to be a helpful guide for prep teachers, I fear it will never see the light of day, despite the fact that I commend the use of Phonics that has had a welcome revival of late.
But my major work is a 80,000 word family memoir which (last year, 2019) I had considered finished…but now I am not so sure that it will ever be published and I wonder if I truly wish it to be. It is a family story which has been a labour of love, taking many years — and about 25 drafts — to complete this far — but there is still work to do.
ABOUT MY MEMOIR
My memoir has the working title of ‘Sixty-three Years’
‘Sixty-three Years’, is a story that journeys through the 1940s into the 2000s. It lays bare a family’s struggles — physically, emotionally, mentally and financially — as it copes with a disabled child (and, later, man). It shows how such families might feel as though they ‘live in another world’.
I write of how my sister and I combine to make a formidable team as we fight for the rights of our disabled younger brother until his death at the age of 63.
Included in the memoir are spirited recollections of times in the unrestricted life enjoyed by Melbourne children in the 1950s, along with descriptions of somewhat testing experiences.
With the advent of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), I truly consider that now is a relevant time to air such a story, to inform a predominantly unaware public.
But I also hope it to be an entertaining read.
Previously living in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, after beginning life in Melbourne, I now live on the beautiful Gold Coast in Queensland.
A retired primary school teacher who has made a hobby of writing, I have written short stories, children’s stories, nonfiction accounts and even (terrible) poetry. Some stories can be found on this site, linked above.
While not having enormous success with publishing, I have nevertheless managed to see some of my work in magazines and newspapers and have even had a story read on ABC radio in Melbourne.
Despite not having all of my writing out in the public arena, I am quite happy to keep writing just for my own pleasure.
I have also written over 500 eulogies, as a support for my husband’s work as a funeral celebrant.
Eulogy writing has been both a privilege and a pleasure.
In 2007 I published a small book on the subject entitled, "Tell it Like it Was, a guide to eulogy writing". That original edition is now out of print but I have made it into an e-book — or print-on-demand edition, which is available through lulu.com . Anyone interested may access it by simply going to lulu.com and searching the title in their on-line shop. Copies are also available by contacting me through the comments section of my Blog or via my email address: gendi@netspace.net.au
I have worked long and hard on another project — a 50 page booklet titled, 'A Guide to Literacy for the First Year of School', which I had hoped to publish one day. Although it may have proved to be a helpful guide for prep teachers, I fear it will never see the light of day, despite the fact that I commend the use of Phonics that has had a welcome revival of late.
But my major work is a 80,000 word family memoir which (last year, 2019) I had considered finished…but now I am not so sure that it will ever be published and I wonder if I truly wish it to be. It is a family story which has been a labour of love, taking many years — and about 25 drafts — to complete this far — but there is still work to do.
ABOUT MY MEMOIR
My memoir has the working title of ‘Sixty-three Years’
‘Sixty-three Years’, is a story that journeys through the 1940s into the 2000s. It lays bare a family’s struggles — physically, emotionally, mentally and financially — as it copes with a disabled child (and, later, man). It shows how such families might feel as though they ‘live in another world’.
I write of how my sister and I combine to make a formidable team as we fight for the rights of our disabled younger brother until his death at the age of 63.
Included in the memoir are spirited recollections of times in the unrestricted life enjoyed by Melbourne children in the 1950s, along with descriptions of somewhat testing experiences.
With the advent of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), I truly consider that now is a relevant time to air such a story, to inform a predominantly unaware public.
But I also hope it to be an entertaining read.
Previously living in Gippsland, Victoria, Australia, after beginning life in Melbourne, I now live on the beautiful Gold Coast in Queensland.
