Old Pete sez: Not all precious gems have value, and leverite is the least precious of all. Work that one out!!!
Old Pete Sez, the bloke wot said early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise, was the swaggie that went Waltzing with Matilda.
Monday, May 5, 2014
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Imagination and Writing
I recall me' dear old' Mammy saying, "Peter you are just imagining it." Whatever it was I was imagining, it was real to me at the time, and that, folks is the beauty of childhood. You can have an invisible friend, many do, even adults, they call that friend God, but that is another story, and, in my opinion, it is not an imagination.
I like to meet people and turn them, or their characteristics into players in stories. Once I 'Meet' my made up player, they become my personal entourage for a journey that, sometimes, does not work; however, I do not destroy these players, as there is always a place for someone somwhere.
The advantage of my imaginative players, is that they are made up of a composite of people I meet, and although you may say, "I met him, I bet he is talking about me," there will be that many other aspects in the character that you will never be sure....Sneeky ain't it?
I am rather fond of pretentious people as characters, not because of their pretentiousness, but because they are very insecure, are prone to suffering from the syndrome of removing the left foot from their mouths to put the right foot back in, ifn' ya' know what I mean? The stuffy ones usually come down many pegs in my stories (Read The Pup) but I am not always terribly unkind to them as it is never humorous to regale a person without having a bit of an Aussie 'leg pull'.
So there you go folks, a bit of my style of writing, adn onetht new writers might like to think about.
I like to meet people and turn them, or their characteristics into players in stories. Once I 'Meet' my made up player, they become my personal entourage for a journey that, sometimes, does not work; however, I do not destroy these players, as there is always a place for someone somwhere.
The advantage of my imaginative players, is that they are made up of a composite of people I meet, and although you may say, "I met him, I bet he is talking about me," there will be that many other aspects in the character that you will never be sure....Sneeky ain't it?
I am rather fond of pretentious people as characters, not because of their pretentiousness, but because they are very insecure, are prone to suffering from the syndrome of removing the left foot from their mouths to put the right foot back in, ifn' ya' know what I mean? The stuffy ones usually come down many pegs in my stories (Read The Pup) but I am not always terribly unkind to them as it is never humorous to regale a person without having a bit of an Aussie 'leg pull'.
So there you go folks, a bit of my style of writing, adn onetht new writers might like to think about.
Friday, May 2, 2014
Not only but Also #2
I am very fortunate that I have ancestors, or ancients, as I like to call them, Why? I'll tell ya', it is a well known fact that if your parents do not have children, there is a good chance you won't either.
My family history goes back to the 1600s where the first recorded (name) was given permission to bear arms, and I thought we were an 'armless lot. I did have some suspicion that being legless ran in the family from time to time.
My#1 fan, Rainee, is a researcher in ancestry, and with this lovely lady's great assistance I was able to find many of my past kin, and some of my present kin, which give me the right to be kin to kinfolk, ifn' ya' know what I mean.
My family history in South Australia, at the time of early settlement, and the information that was recorded, and detected by Rainee, is a very strong part of the 3rd book, "From Whence They Came" in the story of 'Tiger Williams.'
I look foward to the publication of the sequel, now in the hands of Fiona Gatt, my publisher, and the third book has been started.
It is with the greatest of joy, for both of us, that Fiona has sorted out a problem with the parent publisher, and Fiona and I have gone partnership together to get these stories out to you; no middle man.
Fiona has the expertise that I lack in editing, a task equal to writing the stories of length in the first place. So, folks, I have nothing but good vibes about my writing now, instead of the overhanging doom that existed previously.
My family history goes back to the 1600s where the first recorded (name) was given permission to bear arms, and I thought we were an 'armless lot. I did have some suspicion that being legless ran in the family from time to time.
My#1 fan, Rainee, is a researcher in ancestry, and with this lovely lady's great assistance I was able to find many of my past kin, and some of my present kin, which give me the right to be kin to kinfolk, ifn' ya' know what I mean.
My family history in South Australia, at the time of early settlement, and the information that was recorded, and detected by Rainee, is a very strong part of the 3rd book, "From Whence They Came" in the story of 'Tiger Williams.'
I look foward to the publication of the sequel, now in the hands of Fiona Gatt, my publisher, and the third book has been started.
It is with the greatest of joy, for both of us, that Fiona has sorted out a problem with the parent publisher, and Fiona and I have gone partnership together to get these stories out to you; no middle man.
Fiona has the expertise that I lack in editing, a task equal to writing the stories of length in the first place. So, folks, I have nothing but good vibes about my writing now, instead of the overhanging doom that existed previously.
Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Not Only But Also
The third Book in the Tiger Williams Series is under way. This one goes back to the beginning of the Baker clan in Dorset England.
The Title "From Whence t hey came" will have many bits and pieces about the 'Bounty scheme', about the hopes and aspirations of the free settlers and about their impressions of this Great South Land across the sea.
Here is the unedited, opening remarks. Some months away yet though. So make sure you read the sequel to The Life and Loves of Tiger Williams, now available on Amazon Books.
The Title "From Whence t hey came" will have many bits and pieces about the 'Bounty scheme', about the hopes and aspirations of the free settlers and about their impressions of this Great South Land across the sea.
Here is the unedited, opening remarks. Some months away yet though. So make sure you read the sequel to The Life and Loves of Tiger Williams, now available on Amazon Books.
“But
Charles, it is such a long way, six months on the ship...Leaving
England, our family, our friends....Oh Charles, I will go, of course,
I am you wife, but please keep me safe.”
Mary,
Elizabeth Baker nee Newington, was the typical genteel female of
Rural Dorset. Born to a well to do family of landholders and
Physicians, she had a good life, was happy in the social life, as it
was in Dorset in the early 1800s, but as she thought of these things
she also had the thought..'.and now this. '
Charles
Bevan Baker was a wanderer, a merchant of adventure, and at the age
of sixteen years, already an adult and partner in the family Company, he intended to become very wealthy, and a man of
the world.
The
green pastures of Dorset, in the district of Marnhull, held two lines
of this Baker clan, there were the rich landholders, and there were
the workers and tenant farmers that worked small plots for the
Squires
Although
the clan bore the same name, the divide between the classes was wide
and very evident. The Mister Bakers would have no hesitation in
withdrawing assistance and employment from the common Bakers, the
workers, the poor ones that often, in hard times, relied on handouts
from the community or local Parish Church.
Charles
left the large house, with its thatched roof, low doorway, tidy
garden and went to his horse that was held, patiently, by the groom.
Another servant came with a shotgun and a packet of cartridges that
Charles places into loops on this hunting jacket.
“Tell
the cook I will only bring her two partridge today...we have no
guests coming for a free feed tonight.”
The
servants tittered at this, obediently, and went about their duties.
As
he rode out to meet neighbours and friends, who had already arranged
the 'beaters' for the partridge hunt, he thought of the 'game' that
may present itself to his accurate marksmanship.
'Hopping
marsupials, ten feet tall, wombats built like grizzly bears, other
bears that lived in trees and, and, according to Jim Williams, dropped down from the trees to attack the unwary. There were birds of all size and colour..It will be
a bright new wonderful world,'
Sunday, April 27, 2014
Excited....Yeeha!
Guess what? My wonderful Publisher has asked for the sequel to my first novel.
It will be named From lantana to Lotuses or From Lotuses to Lantana, depending on what Fiona Gatt, my co-writer in this event decides.
This story creates some new characters, different adventures and more pathos, love, drama than the "Life and Loves of Tiger Williams."
The new "lad on the block is Richard Little" Richard meets up with an old droving mate Steve Williams (Tiger), and joins the staff on Rosemore.
On Rosemore the new characters mingle and mix with the Rosemore 'family', sharing happiness, sadness and tragedy.
This sequel takes us to the 1960's in the Central West of Queensland, when the modern world was slowly taking over the Outback.
The attitudes of those of the Large Brown Country is depicted, from the memory of being there at the time, attitudes that still tried to hold onto the old ethics of the great country.
You can guarantee it will be 'required reading' for those that were clever enough to get the first book.
I loved writing it, I hope you will love reading it.
It will be named From lantana to Lotuses or From Lotuses to Lantana, depending on what Fiona Gatt, my co-writer in this event decides.
This story creates some new characters, different adventures and more pathos, love, drama than the "Life and Loves of Tiger Williams."
The new "lad on the block is Richard Little" Richard meets up with an old droving mate Steve Williams (Tiger), and joins the staff on Rosemore.
On Rosemore the new characters mingle and mix with the Rosemore 'family', sharing happiness, sadness and tragedy.
This sequel takes us to the 1960's in the Central West of Queensland, when the modern world was slowly taking over the Outback.
The attitudes of those of the Large Brown Country is depicted, from the memory of being there at the time, attitudes that still tried to hold onto the old ethics of the great country.
You can guarantee it will be 'required reading' for those that were clever enough to get the first book.
I loved writing it, I hope you will love reading it.
Sunday, March 23, 2014
Sagarious Sayings...Fair Dinkum
If all the not smart people in the world were as half as smart as the smart people think they are we would all be as smart as each other...By half.
If you wish to let someone know how you are, when they ask: Simply reply, Not bad in patches, a bit rough around the edges but still above ground.. It will usually suffice.
How can one possible answer the question: Have you lived here all your life? If you had you would not be there to answer, Right? So, Not yet, is the only appropriate reply.
Being abusive to someone using their mobile phone in a check out line is not the best way to go, not when a good smack on the back of the head will suffice.
If someone should ask me "How is it, Old Pete, that you are so wise and clever?" I will think about the answer carefully, in case someone asks.
If one limits oneself to ones limits you will only have a limited amount of success.
You never know how much you know until someone asks you a question, and only then if you answer correctly. But then again, at least, then if you don't answer correctly, you will know that there is something that you don't know. You will notice that I only apply this to you, and not myself, which is a survival gimmick.
Wisdom is not a gift to the aged, it is a hard earned commodity that is often mistaken as intrusiveness, by the young.
Understanding women is easy: I will publish the answer as soon as someone sends it to me.
If you wish to let someone know how you are, when they ask: Simply reply, Not bad in patches, a bit rough around the edges but still above ground.. It will usually suffice.
How can one possible answer the question: Have you lived here all your life? If you had you would not be there to answer, Right? So, Not yet, is the only appropriate reply.
Being abusive to someone using their mobile phone in a check out line is not the best way to go, not when a good smack on the back of the head will suffice.
If someone should ask me "How is it, Old Pete, that you are so wise and clever?" I will think about the answer carefully, in case someone asks.
If one limits oneself to ones limits you will only have a limited amount of success.
You never know how much you know until someone asks you a question, and only then if you answer correctly. But then again, at least, then if you don't answer correctly, you will know that there is something that you don't know. You will notice that I only apply this to you, and not myself, which is a survival gimmick.
Wisdom is not a gift to the aged, it is a hard earned commodity that is often mistaken as intrusiveness, by the young.
Understanding women is easy: I will publish the answer as soon as someone sends it to me.
Wonderful words
Old Pete Sez: I don't get to chat a lot, but when I do, I chat a lot.
Old Pete Sez: No matter how hard you try, somone is gunna say, "try harder".
Old Pete Sez: If you have great success in life, others must have been abject failures.
Old Pete sez: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jill came down with half a crown...Did she go up for water?
Old Pete Sez: I knew a bloke that was so mean, if he cut you a slice of bread there would only be one side to it.
Old Pete sez: Once a w oman called me excessivly drunk, Old Pete answered "You are excessevly ugly, but I will be sober in the morning.
Old Pete Sez: No matter how hard you try, somone is gunna say, "try harder".
Old Pete Sez: If you have great success in life, others must have been abject failures.
Old Pete sez: Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water. Jill came down with half a crown...Did she go up for water?
Old Pete Sez: I knew a bloke that was so mean, if he cut you a slice of bread there would only be one side to it.
Old Pete sez: Once a w oman called me excessivly drunk, Old Pete answered "You are excessevly ugly, but I will be sober in the morning.
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