ENOUGH NOW………. ENOUGH NOW ….. On the weekend I was massively inconvenienced by sudden unexpected lockdowns My plans were disrupted and thrown into turmoil . I couldnt do the things I had planned to do .I was put to great discomfort having to stand and wait in line for over an hour for tickets to this art exhibit and watched as the 3 hours window of viewing pleasure I had allowed for a trip to the European Masters Art Exhibit at Qgoma dwindled to just 1 hour and 55 minutes all becuase of the art galleries changed staffing… Read More »
On Saturday …
On Saturday …..I celebrated my 63rd birthday doing something I most love to do with Adam and Millie down at the Cork and Chroma I chose this class because the subject was the Blue Mountains NSW Australia and in particular The Three Sisters where I actually lived for many years and actually at one stage lived just ten minutes down the road from this beautiful world heritage listed icon The area held great significance for me and many special memories of being out amongst nature in this pristine and glorious ancient landscape watching red and yellow tailed black cockatoos… Read More »
More fame and overcoming a fear ……
More fame and conquering a fear ……. Wow just received some wonderful publicity for my book through Just Write For Kids which has a national community of writers and and appreciators of children’s literature so loving the idea of sharing my experience of writing and illustrating and self publishing with my peers and fellow indie authors Thankyou Romi at Just Write For Kids for your support You can read the article at this link www.justkidslit.com/the-quick-six-interview-with-wendy-buss-and-creme-and-caramels-big-adventure/ Also I had an amazingly positive experience at the dentist yesterday pushing through fears which have held me back for years … Read More »
Some local promo
Some local promo ………My local newspaper did a lovely job offering me some free publicity Thankyou Cameron ……I am amazed at how neat my hair looks …… Local book inspires kids to stand strong in face of bullies Wendy Buss … “The book has a message of self empowerment”. Retired creative arts primary teacher Wendy Buss recently fulfilled a long-held ambition to write, illustrate and publish her first children’s book. Creme and Caramel’s Big Adventure is the first for Wendy’s fledgling publishing company “Wendy’s Window Books” and is now available in online… Read More »
Budgie Smugglers, and Nambours resurgence ………..
I had such a lovely Australia day ………..one of those days when everything just flowed I was running late and then David rang to say so was he perfect We went to see Evelyn Millers art exhibit down at Nanas Secret Tearoom Evelyn paints fairly classical scenes in oils with her own flair and a broad and very eclectic range of subjects.She sold several and it was a great day We met lots of nice people Cass and Malcom have booked me for their next community connect event and I am having a book launch at Nanas on the… Read More »
Becoming Visible…….
Becoming Visible Wow I got such a surprise when I finally approved my hardcover of Creme and Caramels Big Adventure for release on the 20th January with the company who is printing and distributing for me It immediately almost the same day popped up on Amazon in a variety of different countries and quite a few other book stores and in some Countries where I couldn’t even recognize the language …….. It was on one Amazon site marked at 133 AED which I discovered was Dubai currency and each worth about one third of the Aussie dollar I… Read More »
Getting down to Biz…..
Wow ! So here it is ….my newly formatted website complete with its new shopping cart to coincide with the publication of my new children’s book ‘Creme and Caramel’s Big Adventure I’m SO EXCITED !!!!! This is a 48 page landscape children’s story and picture book with 22 full colour paged illustrations for children aged 4 -9 years It tells the story of two brave little guinea pigs called Creme and Caramel who are brought inside the house by Wendy the Housesitter during a storm . The two guinea pigs whilst enjoying a night of luxury at the Laundry… Read More »
AT LAST…….
AT LAST ………. MY BOOK HAS ARRIVED After all the tooings and froings and the creative and productive angst ,the sighing and wringing of hands and rolling of eyes to heaven, the tears and the tantrums ,both mine and other peoples’ and after we discovered my ebook was out there touting its wares dressed in a completely unsuitable cover and I had to send a very concerted email to the distributor to bring my baby back home It was almost to be expected the parcel containing my sample books might go astray which even though it was sent by… Read More »
Witchety grubs for afternoon tea
Yesterday I was privileged to have a unique cultural experience when I went with a small group accompanying 3 members of the traditional Uluru family Ken and Natalie and their beautiful baby girl on a tour of their homelands called Patji which adjoin the Uluru Kata Tjuta national Park To be in this sublime countryside is really something hard to capture in words It is exquisite country endless red dust, mulga trees,spinefex, and desert oaks and not much else to look at except the ancient rocky boulders piled up in mounds on certain parts .It could be considered boring… Read More »
Camel ride at sunrise
Can it get any better ? I must confess I wasn’t too thrilled at the idea of getting up at 4am but it wasnt too much of a hassle Slip in to something comfortable for riding ,grab an apple ,top up your water bottle and out the door to the pick up stop down at the Desert Gardens Hotel The stars were big and seemed to hang low and the air seemed to be already buzzing at the resort even at 5.am I had met Steve the day before when I visited… Read More »