My new book called IN MY WORLD consists of two chapter books for readers aged 7+ between the covers . Both stories have a main character who is a young person living with a disability. Basketball Tree Sam is confronted by the fact that he’s very short (he has a condition of dwarfism) and may […]
My book Little People Big Lives was published in 2013. I self-published it because the big publishers wouldn’t take it on. The topic is too unusual and not good for sales! The book profiles people who are short-statured (little people) and provides information about dwarfism. While I was going through the process of publishing the […]
My book Little People Big Lives was published in 2013. I self-published it because I was pretty sure no publisher would take it on. The topic is too unusual – profiles of people who are short-statured (little people) and information about dwarfism. While I was going through the process of publishing the book I often […]
I have helped many authors with their books and I could not agree more with Donna Ward, writing on the Writers Victoria website, as follows: If you’ve written a whole book and haven’t shown your manuscript to another living soul and you feel it is finished and ready for publication, then take it to an editor. […]
In her recent Ted Talk Stella Young said: I want to live in a world where we don’t have such low expectations of disabled people that we are congratulated for getting out of bed and remembering our own names in the morning. I want to live in a world where we value genuine achievement for disabled people. Stella died suddenly […]
I am always pleased when synchronicity steps into my life. Recently there has been some cross-fertilisation between my editing and writing careers. I have been editing educational policy documents that deal with disability –guidelines for teachers who have students in their class who require certain adjustments to enable them to learn effectively. You can read […]
It’s that time of year again. The decorations are going up in main streets and the city centre. Soon we’ll be hearing Christmas carols over PA systems in the shops. And whether or not we celebrate the season we cannot escape the commercialism of it. Being a self-published author I have resorted to Christmas specials […]
I recently attended a professional development session run by Editors Victoria. President Jackey Coyle led the session entitled Dance Steps for the Self-Employed. There is always something new to be learned in these workshops and the networking with other editors is invaluable. This is great because freelancers work alone. Not for them the conviviality of […]
ARTICLE published in LINK DISABILITY MAGAZINE (October 2014) Angelo Olmi was born with achondroplasia, the most common condition of dwarfism. He works in the organic section of the Queen Victoria Market, Melbourne, where he has no trouble reaching the counter or till because he has undergone surgery to extend the length of his limbs. Olmi […]
Imagining other worlds Under the massive dome of the La Trobe Reading Room in the Victorian State Library, my ten-year-old granddaughter takes on a new persona – the reader. Choosing a book at random from the shelves, she climbs into one of the wooden swivel chairs, raises the leather-bound desk and places her book onto […]