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Lindy Cameron's Office
Lindy Cameron's Office

In a time of ancient gods and warlords… a land in turmoil cried out for a hero. She was Xena…

Oh, sorry, that’s a whole other story.

This is my story, or rather the place where I write my stories, the space where I make things up and write them down or type them out.

Sometimes I write factual stuff (like true crime) but mostly I invent people and places, or put imaginary people in real places, and give them something dangerous to do or escape from, or a MacGuffin to follow thither and yon, until I engineer an exciting edge-of-the-seat dénouement (or some other French word) that will have readers begging for a sequel.

In this space, watched over by a legendary bard and her friend, a mighty princess, forged in the heat of battle; the power, the passion, the danger – oops, there I go again – I write, I think, I write, I procrastinate, I write.

 

Out my Window (Lindy Cameron)
Out my Window (Lindy Cameron)

 

 

Often I sit at my desk – built by my girlfriend – and stare out the window at our Zen pond-garden and marvel at how lucky I am to have my own elephant.

 

 

 

Karen Chisholm's Work Area
Karen Chisholm's Work Area

We have an office in the house, but we don't use it much.  We're so used to "have laptop / will work" that we work anywhere. 

Here it's the dining room (which is as close as we can get to the Coffee Machine so we both tend to gravitate here).

Really we work in the car (mobile telephone hooked to the netbook), we work in the Dining Room, we work in the office, in shopping centres, carparks, beside lakes, down the paddock, when we're at fairs and agricultural shows, when we're in the pub.

These days, wherever we are is "the office".

 

Out my Window (Karen Chisholm)
Out my Window (Karen Chisholm)

 

Living in Central West Victoria, on a small farm, just about every window we look out of - we look at Paddocks, or animal enclosures, or towards our fledgling Apple Orchard.

This shot is from last Winter, a rainy day and the 4 alpacas kushed against the rain.

Karen Tyrrell's Inner Sanctum
Karen Tyrrell's Inner Sanctum

I’m surrounded by visuals, prompting me to envisage my future publishing success… Until it becomes reality.

My space includes: my Gallery of Dreams (the mock book covers); the Vision Board (my latest projects); and the Third Eye which reminds me to cultivate and expand my creativity.
 

 

Out my Window (Karen Tyrrell)
Out my Window (Karen Tyrrell)

A lush, sub-tropical jungle where strange exotic creatures – brush turkeys and a giant striped goanna – lurk and stalk.
   
There’s nothing like a backyard in the burbs of Brisbane.
 

Book Launch
Book Launch

Lindy Cameron, co-author (with Ruth Wykes) of Women Who Kill, with launcher and fellow Clan Destine member Vikki Petraitis at the June launch of this true crime collection.

book launch
book launch

Vikki Petraitis and Lindy Cameron at the launch of Lindy's latest true crime collection  Women Who Kill - co-written with another Clanner Ruth Wykes.

book launch
book launch

Killer in the Family, Lindy's last true crime collection - co-written with her sister Fin J Ross (and no, not our family) is ffeatured on the Borders' display rack with her latest book Women Who Kill - co-written with her good friend and fellow Clanner Ruth Wykes.

book launch
book launch

The Bittern Writers attended the June launch of Women Who Kill at Borders Bookshop in the Jam Factory.

Emma Mercer, Mandy Wrangles, Kylie Fox and Kerri Campbell.