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Irene Waters 19 Writer Memoirist
I began my working career as a reluctant potato peeler whilst waiting to commence my training as a student nurse. On completion I worked mainly in intensive care/coronary care; finishing my hospital career as clinical nurse educator in intensive care. A life changing period as a resort owner/manager on the island of Tanna in Vanuatu was followed by recovery time as a farmer at Bucca Wauka. Having discovered I was no farmer and vowing never again to own an animal bigger than myself I took on the Barrington General Store. Here we also ran a five star restaurant. Working the shop of a day 7am - 6pm followed by the restaurant until late was surprisingly more stressful than Tanna. On the sale we decided to retire and renovate our house with the help of a builder friend. Now believing we knew everything about building we set to constructing our own house. Just finished a coal mine decided to set up in our backyard. Definitely time to retire we moved to Queensland. I had been writing a manuscript for some time. In the desire to complete this I enrolled in a post grad certificate in creative Industries which I completed 2013. I followed this by doing a Master of Arts by research graduating in 2017. Now I live to write and write to live.
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99 word flash Fiction: Carrion and Plum Pudding
The stench of the decomposing old man’s carcass filled the air. Rotting road kill.Hit and run. In the desert heat the unfortunate fellow would bloat, explode, and have his bones picked bare by the circling vultures in only a couple … Continue reading
99 word Flash Fiction: Gun and bun
Janelle felt the men watching. She affected them with her perfect body. And she was pretty if not beautiful, although she had to say it herself. Why didn’t they ask her out? She was a girly girl. Even her iphone … Continue reading
99 word flash fiction: Toilets
Toilets have long been a preoccupation of mine. I tell of my toilet life in an earlier post which has some great toilet pictures. Well great if you happen to like toilets. And then there is my toilet memoir. A … Continue reading
99 word Flash Fiction: Photo bombs
Pancreatitis. A potentially fatal, painful disease but I couldn’t hide my joy that Jonathon had been stricken. It’d given me this break. The G20 had presented so many opportunities, only not to me. Until now. One of two cameraman onboard … Continue reading
99 Word Flash fiction: Muses, Plato and waffle
I am struggling and I mean struggling with a capital S with the writing of the methodology chapter for my thesis.I don’t know how on earth I can write something that makes sense, when I understand little of what anybody … Continue reading
99 word flash fiction: Rut
Charli inspires me with the reflection on why she comes up with the prompts she chooses each week. They are often related to historical research she has undertaken in the process of preparing to write her story of Cob and … Continue reading
99 Word Flash fiction: Eliza Fraser
I attended a writing workshop with a difference a couple of weeks ago. It was held in an art gallery where a series of artworks painted by Judith Laws were hung. The writing project was to creatively write to a … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: Yellow Boat on a River
David Saars wrote a book about an eight year old boy, his son Benjamin, who as a haemophiliac had many blood transfusions. One of these led to his illness with HIV/AIDS. Benjamin loved drawing and painting and dealt with the … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: Yellow Boat on the River and the Adventures of Perspemon (a children’s tale)
The faded yellow boat felt sad. Why didn’t the children want to go in him? They always chose the red boats and left him on the side of the pool. He knew he was special but why didn’t they? One … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: Something worse than death.
This week Charli has given us a prompt where we show fear and a fate worse than death. She says October 1, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) show a character confronting something worse than death. It … Continue reading
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 