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Irene Waters
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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Infallible memories?: Memoir Monday on Tuesday
Last week I touched on how we make experience and why each person’s experience will differ from those others that have the same experience. This led inevitably to truth in life-writing and the frauds that have been perpetrated by a … Continue reading
Leaving: 99 Word Flash Fiction
“You’ve changed. I’m sick of it. I want you to go.” He spat the words at her before storming from the room. He’s right, Bee thought. I have changed. Once I had butterflies in my stomach, fireflies in my eyes … Continue reading
Raison d’être: Discover Challenge
This week we have been asked what is our reason for being or in other words what motivates us. I know I am goal oriented, deadline driven but what is my motivation for writing anything in the first place. My … Continue reading
Snake in the cloud: 99 Word flash Fiction
He stalked her despite the restraining order. Now threats from her new boyfriend’s mother. was threatening to kill her. Sonia barely slept, hardly ate and jumped at every sound. In her new home, interstate, her nerves in tatters, she booked … Continue reading
Straddling the Waters and recognising the value of voice.
Sometimes life seems to put you with a leg on either side of a chasm and it becomes hard to move in either direction as you straddle the abyss. My apologies for not replying to your comments ( I do … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction : Love Grows
Jake and I did everything together and told each other all our secrets. We knew the other as though we were one. We discussed our boyfriends and girlfriends, often going on double dates together. We solved the world’s problems and … Continue reading
Friday Fictioneers: Supplementing the Pension
Mrs Bailey reported for duty dead on seven every Wednesday morning. Her age always succeeded in getting her the easy jobs. “You’re on worms today.” She sighed with relief. They usually gave her morning tea duties but she liked being … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: Unwanted/Wanted
I’d wash my clothes at the seaside with the women. I’d learn to agitate them in the salty suds and beat them clean on the rocks. My clothes wouldn’t last long, but friendships would be forged with the women. Emi … Continue reading
99 Word Flash Fiction: The storm (1 and 2)
With Charli’s prompt this week she had me time travelling through the various extreme weather events that I have experienced. Many floods, storms, cyclones and fires. In the scheme of these disasters I have to admit that I have come … Continue reading
Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 