The Mirror Image of Sound

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Well, I've just celebrated the first anniversary of starting (or rather, re-starting) the writing of The Mirror Image of Sound! It was Christmas Eve 2013 that I decided I was going to write a novel in real time, online and finish it in 3 months. This I did - and largely thanks to my many friends who supported me, reading each instalment and providing valuable advice. Here I am with one of such dear friend after signing her book. Thank you one and all!

For those who don't know, Fitch's Pharmacy and its resident nurse practitioner, Clinton, both have cameos in The Mirror Image of Sound. How that came to pass is something I'll discuss in a moment.  Let's just say that I was more than chuffed to hear that Fitch's wanted to stock the novel - in time for Father's Day (today!).  What's more, they wanted me to do a book signing there! So this last Wednesday I rocked up at lunch time, signed some books and was made to feel like royalty. How did it all begin? Well it was the night of Saturday, 8 March 2014 and I was knee deep in writing the last third of the novel.  Of course, I was publishing it online as I went. Clinton, my nurse practitioner, works from a pharmacy (Fitch's) here in Perth.  I've been seeing him for years to renew routine scripts and have him administer injections and so forth.  In fact, I'd just seen him that week and we'd recently become Facebook friends. So I was sit...

What an awesome night last night addressing my first book club. The host (Daphne) cooked the Serbian paprika recipe from the book, the crowd was wonderful, interesting questions were asked by all and I had book signings at the end. A grand time! Thanks to Daphne and Ian for organising the event!