1307: at home with a sandwich of cheese and vegemite. I’m sitting alone, protected from the sun by the patio roof, listening to the sound of the water dropping from the waterfall wall into the crystal clear blue water of the pool. The flow is creating an eddy of circular ripples in which I can lose myself in daydreams.
I’m thinking how well my diet has gone over the last two days but particularly today where instead of eating the provided chocolate biscuits at my U3A class I ate a carrot from home. Will-power won for the day.
I’m only having a very short break for lunch. I am on a real roll with the writing and I’m keen to get on with it. It isn’t so much writing as publishing. Amazing what having two articles accepted for a literary magazine will do for your self-confidence.
As a result I have decided the time has come. Give up on the mainstream publishers and go it alone. I am going to use Lulu, an online publisher, and I have purchased my own ISBNs. Lulu provides free numbers but, although it is probably silly, I want my book in the Australian National Library as an Australian author and to do this I must have Australian ISBN.
This afternoon I will format my manuscript. Margins 1.27 centimetres. Check font is all the same and page breaks occur where they should. 1316: sandwich eaten it is time to work.
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Good to meet a fellow Australian!
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Most definitely. There don’t seem to be too many of us but I’m sure we’re around just hidden in our own little areas of paradise.
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Well done Irene! I will be bending your ear about publishing if that’s ok?
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Thanks Sherri. You can bend my ear all you like. I’ll probably write about the process as I go. A good reflection.
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Thanks Irene, I appreciate that and I look forward to your posts on this subject!
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WUNDERBAR!!!
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Thank you again for the links. 🙂 I enjoyed this post, too. It’s been a long time since I heard the word vegemite. 🙂 I’ve always wanted to visit Australia. One day. I’ve been involved in indigenous ministry for many years. I was blessed one night … in the middle of the night … when I received a call from an aboriginal woman in Australia who found my website and just had to call and connect. It really meant a lot to me. Amazing how the internet has brought people together.
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I think it is the best thing that may yet lead to world peace. I like to think that it is possible anyway. As we get to know each other worldwide we find that the differences between us are really small and we all have the same hopes, dreams and desires. Glad you met up with an Aussie and hope you make it out here one day.
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I agree. I’m really enjoying the international flavor of the WordPress community. I’m thinking I should have done this years ago. Thank you and I hope so, too.
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