Simone Clare Bailey's Blog – June 2011 Archive (3)

When I'm not working as an author, I do paid (!) work as a community care worker.  This involves maybe showering an aged or disabled person, or taking somebody shopping, or preparing a meal.  Sometimes I take them to another town for 'social support'.  I did this on Thursday, drove a guy with a light mental disability to a nearby town to go shopping.  I saw a major bookstore (you all know the one, it's had administrators close in) where I had done a book signing some months ago, so I thought…

It's been an interesting couple of weeks.  I've finished the first draft of my current novel, and before I start a rewrite, I've decided on a project for my next novel.  This is all good.  What is not good is that my past few days have been motifed with dog faeces.  Yep, you read right.  Dog poop everywhere.  I babysat my mother-in-law's shitzu/maltese terrier, whilst she and my husband attended a function in way-out-west New South Wales.  I took it outside several times, and it did its…

I don't know what it's like for you guys in the US, but Australia has seriously been cursed with some childish politicians.  Today at a pow wow in the senate, one of our ministers Penny Wong stood her ground about something or other when, I'm not kidding, one of the opposing side made a sound like a cat meowing.  To her credit, she said something along the lines of, 'That's great, mate.  Reverting to school yard politics.'  I won't say the name of this due, but it starts with B, so I'll call…