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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: Manchester, UK

Places I've lived: Manchester, UK

Places I've lived: Gippsland, Australia

Places I've lived: Gippsland, Australia

Places I've lived: Geelong, Australia

Places I've lived: Geelong,  Australia

Places I've lived: Tamworth, NSW

Places I've lived: Tamworth, NSW

Places I've Lived - Sydney

Places I've Lived - Sydney
Sydney Conservatorium - my old school

Places I've lived: Auckland, NZ

Places I've lived: Auckland, NZ

Places I've Lived: Mount Gambier

Places I've Lived: Mount Gambier
Blue Lake

Places I've lived: Adelaide, SA

Places I've lived: Adelaide, SA

Places I've Lived: Perth by Day

Places I've Lived: Perth by Day
From Kings Park

Places I've lived: High View, WV

Places I've lived: High View, WV

Places I've lived: Lynton, Devon, UK

Places I've lived: Lynton, Devon, UK

Places I've lived: Braemar, Scotland

Places I've lived: Braemar, Scotland

Places I've lived: Barre, MA, USA

Places I've lived: Barre, MA, USA

Places I've Lived: Perth by Night

Places I've Lived: Perth by Night
From Kings Park

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Saturday 9 June 2012

Writing in dialect etc



I've uploaded a new writing tip post the Egoboo blog. It about how to write in dialect, accent or an unusual register. You'll find it at:
 http://egoboo-wa.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/writing-in-dialect-accent-or-register.html


It's a follow up to the earlier post which introduced the topic.



Thursday 7 June 2012

A Snapshot of Aussie Spec-Fic, 2011-12

The 2012 Snapshot of Australian Speculative Fiction is underway! Three of my Egoboo writing buddies and I were interviewed for the project, which aims to cover a broad spectrum of publishing endeavours over the last two years. Like all the interviewees, we Egobooers have all recently had books or stories published, or have a publishing venture in the pipeline. 

Carol Ryles, editor of Trove magazine, tells us about her nascent writing career as well as her work on Trove at http://kathrynlinge.livejournal.com/139414.html and Laura Goodin discusses her many projects, which cover music and poetry as well as short stories, at http://champagneandsocks.com/2012/06/02/aussie-specfic-snapshot-2012-laura-e-goodin/. Joanna Fay, whose first novel, Daughter of Hope, is being released this very day, tells us about the experience at http://kathrynlinge.livejournal.com/140203.html and you can read my take on the last two years and my recent doings at http://bookonaut.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/2012-snapshot-interviewsatima-flavell.html

The Snapshot is very much a group enterprise, with many blogs participating. You will find links to lots more fascinating interviews at the above sites. Eventually the entire project will be archived at ASif!: Australian SpecFic in Focus.
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