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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
I am based in Perth, Western Australia. You might enjoy my books - The Dagger of Dresnia, the first book of the Talismans Trilogy, is available at all good online book shops as is Book two, The Cloak of Challiver. Book three, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation. I trained in piano and singing at the NSW Conservatorium of Music. I also trained in dance (Scully-Borovansky, WAAPA) and drama (NIDA). Since 1987 I have been writing reviews of performances in all genres for a variety of publications, including Music Maker, ArtsWest, Dance Australia, The Australian and others. Now semi-retired, I still write occasionally for the ArtsHub website.

My books

The first two books of my trilogy, The Talismans, (The Dagger of Dresnia, and book two, The Cloak of Challiver) are available in e-book format from Smashwords, Amazon and other online sellers. Book three of the trilogy, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation.I also have a short story, 'La Belle Dame', in print - see Mythic Resonance below - as well as well as a few poems in various places. The best way to contact me is via Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/satimaflavell

Buy The Talismans

The first two books of The Talismans trilogy were published by Satalyte Publications, which, sadly, has gone out of business. However, The Dagger of Dresnia and The Cloak of Challiver are available as ebooks on the usual book-selling websites, and book three, The Seer of Syland, is in preparation. The easiest way to contact me is via Facebook.

The Dagger of Dresnia

The Dagger of Dresnia

The Cloak of Challiver, Book two of The Talismans

The Cloak of Challiver, Book two of The Talismans
Available as an e-book on Amazon and other online booksellers.

Mythic Resonance

Mythic Resonance

Mythic Resonance is an excellent anthology that includes my short story 'La Belle Dame', together with great stories from Alan Baxter, Donna Maree Hanson, Sue Burstynski, Nike Sulway and nine more fantastic authors! Just $US3.99 from Amazon. Got a Kindle? Check out Mythic Resonance.

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Places I've lived: Tamworth, NSW

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Places I've lived: Auckland, NZ

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Places I've lived: Adelaide, SA

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Places I've lived: High View, WV

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Places I've lived: Lynton, Devon, UK

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Places I've lived: Braemar, Scotland

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Places I've lived: Barre, MA, USA

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Tuesday 13 February 2007

Adelaide, South Australia

I've been in Adelaide since Friday night, staying with my daughter Billy Jo and her partner Fab. Eldest son Allen came to visit with Ben, his firstborn, on Saturday and it was lovely to have a family meal. Yesterday we celebrated step-grandson Daniel's fifteenth birthday and tomorrow I move on to Perth, where, until recently, I'd been living for 20 years. I am looking forward, very much, to seeing friends and family members who live there. I think part of me will always call Perth home.

I'm busy editing a thesis for one client and have an astrology report to finish for another. I can see that writing and editing will be well-nigh impossible while I'm travelling - right now I'm using Billy Jo's very slow computer with only dial up. The first morning it took me three hours just to clear my e-mails!:-( Funny how we get used to new innovations so quickly, and how quickly activities catch up. Blogging, which has become very popular since the advent of broadband, is so-oo slow on dial-up I would never have bothered before.

I hope I can get a bit of writing done as I was just getting back into it after my move from Perth to Mount Gambier. I've drafted seven chapters of the new novel and passed them on to my Face2Face group, with whom I will meet on Thursday to hear their verdicts. It will be great to see them again and go to the local coffee shop for lunch, too! I've had some very useful feedback recently from that group and from KSP buddies including Carol Ryles and Helen Venn as well on a couple of short stories I'd like to polish up and send out soon. I hope I can find a good internet café everywhere I go so I can carry on exchanging crits!

4 comments:

Glenda Larke said...

I hope you havw a fulfilling and enriching period of travel, Satima! Bon Voyage...

Anonymous said...

Hey Mother Dearest .. hope your flight was uneventful, and that you get some 'quality time' with the hordes in WA in the few days you have!
Safe and happy travels!!!
xxx Billy Jo

Anonymous said...

Hallo Satima, welcome to old Europe!
Good to know, that you had a nice flight. Wish you a good time in England and see you soon.
Sampath and Elfriede

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