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Red Dust Dreams an International Book Awards Finalist!

Lannah Sawers-Diggins is the very talented author of Red Dust Dreams, a book that gives a voice to those living in the outback, revealing what life is really like ‘in the sticks’ through interviews, articles, and Lannah’s own experiences. She took a chance to spread Red Dust Dreams throughout the world and entered into the 2017 International Book Awards, where she was a finalist in Non-Fiction: Narrative: Such a fantastic achievement, Lannah, and a testament to all your hard work.

Red Dust Dreams is also nominated for the WA Regional Achievement & Community Awards in two categories: the TAB Community Service Award and the Horizon Power, Leadership and Innovation Award. Lannah has also been asked to speak at the CWA (Country Women’s Association), at the Mt Magnet Astro Rocks Festival, and a rotary club at the Melville Glades Golf Club.

Well done, Lannah. The Aurora Team couldn’t be prouder!

If you’d like to see what all the hype is about, you can purchase Red Dust Dreams in paperback or ebook https://aurorahouse.com.au/books-new/red-dust-dreams/ or explore Lannah’s website for more details about the author: http://lannahsawersdiggins.com/.

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Enough of the Spam!

Its a worry. Spam seems to invade and infiltrate everything, including WordPress. Once one gets a blog up and going, in come the bots and away they go – merrily running along, creating havoc and a lot of hard work to be rid of the rubbish they spew out. Makes you wonder if these people have anything better to do than create problems for others. It appears not. I have found a way around the problem for the time being by using WordPress En Spam. Lets hope it does the trick, or I will have to resort to using a captcha and those can be a little tedious for people who would like to make comments.

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How to Create your Book with Storyboarding

Many new authors turn themselves inside out trying to work out ‘how’ to have their story flow, write about each character in their turn and how to bring them into the story, kill them off, or keep them all going at the same time. Sometimes, a story can loose its way and the author has to bring it back on track, or not notice anything wrong if they become so embroiled in the drama of events taking place in the story.

Creative writing teacher Mary Caroll Moore is an accomplished author of eleven published books. She has created a video on how to ‘storyboard’ your novel. Mary’s books range from Romance to health, lifestyle to creative writing. Mary makes writing look easy, as though it just flows from beginning to end. But, there is a secret. That secret she shares with the world on her video.

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