HELLO. I’M BACK. It’s been a long time. But I’ve never really gone away. Just life got in the way of my plans, as it tends to do. Anyway, I’ve finally finished the book I was talking about last time I posted something. It’s an outback historical mystery with a touch of second time aroundContinue reading “My New Book”
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Genesis of a Gold Rush Story
It is strange what sometimes sparks an idea for a story. During Western Australia’s 1890’s gold rush, one of my mother’s great uncles, James McHugh, died of thirst on the Eastern Goldfields, near the place prospectors had ironically named Siberia. His body was identified by his Miner’s Right and another document found on him.[i] When hisContinue reading “Genesis of a Gold Rush Story”
Lynne Cairns 