SHORT STORIES:

Frances has written poems and stories for as long as she can remember - she still has her notebook from 1968.

In 2002 Frances spent 14 glorious and inspiring months in Midleton, Co. Cork ~ THE CRADLE OF STORY-TELLING ~ in Ireland and attended weekly workshops at Munster Literature Centre with writers such as:

Gregory O'Donoghue,

Gerry Murphy,

Richard Ford

and James Lasdun to name a few...

She was also welcomed when she became a member of the local Midleton Wirters Group and attended as many festivals as she could during her stay.

Frances believes more publishers in Australia should support short stories, they suit the more condensed attention spans of busy, time-poor lifestyles.

RESOURCES:

2000:  PCWC's 1st anthology "Urban Scrawl"  included my story 'Write to Romance' which can also be read on ABC Tales

African Memories: quite a few old writings appear on ABC Tales.

(Still preparing mss for web use)

Magazine articles:

Reviews on Writing:

PLEASE NOTE:

Frances Macaulay Forde © 2011

These words are offered for the purpose of study only, and may not be digitally re-produced in any form or through any medium including print, screen, stage or web, without the express permission of the author.

NOVEL:

 'Toy Soldier' a spine-chilling murder mystery set around Perth suburbs and the Blackwood Valley in the magnificent South West of Western Australia.

In 1983 her brother Paddy lent her a computer for 3 months, to write her first novel. Her family & friends has entered the Blackwood Marathon for 3 years and she saw a story in their adventures.

Frances ended up writing the first draft of "Toy Soldier" and 16 children's stories.

Although the novel hasn't been published, at university in 1998, she reworked the text as a treatment for a feature length screenplay.

Frances intends doing another re-write which she will (actually) send out when it's ready, in a bid to  attract a publisher for her novel.

BOOKS FOR CHILDREN:

CHILDREN'S STORIES & POEMS have been published in various mediums:

AWARD WINNING:

"Have you thought about what lives in your swimming pool?"

'The Swimming Pool People' won the FAWWA Furphy Award in 1994 for 'Best Children's Book Manuscript' .

'As plastic shopping bags are phased out, designer and re-usable bags take the stage...'  

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(All artwork by Frances.)