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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: 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
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Soft Pastels (art works)
(6 photos) Although pastels have been in use since the Renaissance, Edgar Degas developed the pastel technique and used it as his medium almost exclusively after 1885. What are pastels? It depends what term of speech you are using. Degas’ … 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
Call me anything but don’t call me late for dinner: Names and their importance
Names are a subject of great importance to memoir writers. I would go further and say names are important for us all. Paul Eakin, states in his article Breaking the Rules: The Consequences of Self Narration that we learn from our parents … Continue reading
Hold On – a song for Australians to reflect on.
I don’t need to say anything. The song says it beautifully and expresses my sentiments better than I could.
Floral Friday: Daffodils
My husband brought home a dead looking bunch of daffodils the other day purchased in a fund raiser to collect funds for cancer research. Daffodil day is held each year for this purpose and as 115 Australians die each day … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: School
Charli’s prompt August 20, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story about school. The setting can be a school, involve students and teachers or can be about schooling in general. How has school influenced a … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: Crack
Þingvellir national park in Iceland immediately came to mind when Charli posed her latest flash fiction challenge. July 30, 2014 prompt: In 99 words (no more, no less) write a story that involves a crack. It’s a rich word, full … Continue reading
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 