Mid Winter Update

Mum's old shed Christchurch

Been so damn busy and have neglected my bloggy-blog, sorry! Well I start to feel guilty if I haven't posted every ten or so days.

Not a hell of a lot to report though. I'm looking at where the Frank Erceg manuscript can be sent to next. First publisher has said thanks but no thanks, but thats normal in the publishing business. They have been inundated with proposals and were kind enough to say if I havent found a publisher by the end of the year they'd have another look at it. This is the nature of the game!!!

I'm doing a power point presentation at the West Auckland Historical Societies monthly meeting on July 17. Will be talking about my award winning essay from last year on the Dalmatian community in west Auckland and our family history connections to the area. See earlier post from November: Out West Essay Competition.
Very excited about this as its another step in the right direction, connecting to larger groups and sharing the work and talking about the processess and influences. I can see doing something like this with the Frank Erceg Project one day. Travelling around the country and talking about the book and how it all happened - and I can get to meet you all in person as well.

I've been spending a lot of time this year researching the history of deer in New Zealand from the 1860s on and now its being put to good use. I'm writing some articles for NZ Outdoor Hunting magazine the first to be published will be later this year. And that's what I intended to be doing right now so I wont be hanging around here for too long.

... just wanted to say a big mid winter cosy-warm-hello to you all, and thank you for the great traffic this site gets and the e mails. Cheers everyone, will be back soon.

Louisex