Great to make a friend in Australia, Jackie. Congratulations on "The Burning."

Howdy Jackie... thanks for the invite..I LOVE this place..everyone is so nice & friendly!!!

Thanks for the invite!

Thanks for the friend-vite!

Hi Jackie, nice to 'meet' you here!

Thank you for the invite, Jackie!

Jackie - sounds like we're not so far apart geographically as well as in some TV tastes :)

Thanks for the invitation, Jackie.

Thanks for the invite...not sure what time it is is Australia, but it's a cloudy Sunday morning here in Illinois. Nice to meet someone from so far away. Isn't it great to have this venue to 'travel'? I'll definitely check out virtualtales. I'm still unpublished (not for lack of trying) but am working on both a police procedural and a cozy. Have a great day!

Thank you for being my first friend!

Hi Jackie, you're clinging to signs of spring and we're waking up to early frost with winter coming just too darn fast here in Alaska! We've got another camping trip planned, so having to scrape off the windshield in the a.m. does not bode well. Anyway, Waving from Alaska where it's yesterday for you and you're already in tomorrow for me. Thank you for the invite.

Pretty darn cold is no exaggeration, Daryl, but I'm clinging to those brief signs of spring to cheer me up. Maybe hibernation time is nearly over.

Jackie

Thanks, Jackie. I look forward to getting to know you.

Thanks for the invite fellow Aussie! How is the weather down there at the moment? I've heard that it is pretty darn cold.

Thanks for the invite, Jackie! It's a pleasure to meet you!

Your stories sound fascinating. The brush fire background is really intriguing and so inherently dramatic! I love Melbourne, by the way--I gave a paper at the uni a couple of years ago. Great shopping in Carleton! And the country (and people) were glorious. Mmm... so was the Victoria Bitter, an ale I still can't find in the States.

Take care, and continued good luck with the writing!

Kelli

DELIGHTED to be your friend. Thank you! Australia goodness! I bet you don't get to chat online time wise! but living there makes up for it. your book sounds terrific. there are a lot of bush fires. are they deliberately set sometimes? chat soon!

Thanks Tom

That Angus and Robertson decision to charge for shelf space has the book world in a spin over here. I won't be buying books there again.

Nice to meet you, Jackie.

Have some actor, writer and film production friends in Oz.

Came across this story on current traumas in Austral book biz, too:

http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/archives/undercover/014948.html?page=fullpage#comments

Like treasure, extortion attempts are where you suffer them.

My goodness, Donna, you were quick off the mark. It must be very early in the morning in Scotland - mm, counting fingers, trying to do the maths - 6am? I love your bio, it mad eme laugh and that's great.

Jackie