tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29491724600542021792024-02-06T21:16:07.012-08:00Helen Woodall: Freelance EditingFreelance Editor Helen Woodall offers advice, help and information to aspiring and exisiting authors, and anyone interested in writing.Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.comBlogger416125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-9738305242152004272018-06-27T02:13:00.003-07:002018-06-27T02:14:08.711-07:00On the road again<br />
In a few days I'm heading north again, out into the desert.<br />
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In the year I've had the van I've travelled more than 26,000 km and I'm about to do around 20,000 more in a big trip north through Central Australia, west across the top of Australia, down the west coast for a while and then across the middle of Western Australia, back east along the Great Australian Bite in the far south, and home. I figure I'll be gone three and a half months.<br />
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The aim is to see lots of desert, glorious sunsets,<br />
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lots of Australian wildlife<br />
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and of course, old buildings.<br />
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I'll post some pictures from time to time when I have internet - but many of the places I'm going don't have power or water, far less internet.<br />
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See you on the other side.<br />
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Have fun<br />
Helen<br />
Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-59688568781544464102018-04-10T21:14:00.001-07:002018-04-10T21:14:09.657-07:00Picturesque Portland<br />
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Portland is the oldest European settlement in Victoria. Old = historic buildings. Yay!<br />
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It is still a working port, so I rode the historic cable tram<br />
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along the foreshore<br />
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to the lighthouse.<br />
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HelenHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-55680108118052485752018-02-07T15:09:00.001-08:002018-02-07T15:09:16.204-08:00Not another old house/pub/church Mum!<br />
Much to my family's dismay, I adore old towns. Tasmania has many historic towns, and since I'm travelling alone I can spend as long as I like looking at every old house/pub/church/bridge... I want. Bliss!!<br />
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Wonderful Westbury.<br />
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Spectacular Stanley<br />
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When I was refueling at St Helen's, a man asked, "Didn't I see you a couple of days ago in LaTrobe? Taking a picture of an old house?"<br />
Yeah. That was probably me.<br />
Lovely LaTrobe.<br />
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Have fun. I am.<br />
HelenHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-28393816158950944712018-01-29T17:58:00.001-08:002018-01-29T17:58:21.406-08:00Crossing Bass Strait and into Tasmania<br />
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Yes they did get me up to disembark at 0510. That's, like, ten past five in the morning. Here is the sunrise to prove it.<br />
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The surf was up at Coles Beach.<br />
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Several historic houses.<br />
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Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Devonport.<br />
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HelenHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-23327410371536190112017-10-23T15:06:00.000-07:002017-10-23T15:08:33.582-07:00Helen has retired, yes, really retired this time.<br />
For the past three years I've been telling people I'm retiring. I've cut down my commitments a lot, but until now, I could never completely let go.<br />
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I really love travelling. It's what I want to do. But it doesn't mesh with a job, even a part-time job, that requires me to be nearby to the internet every day.<br />
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Australia is a vast land with a lot of empty space in it. So there are far too many places nowhere near mobile (cell) phone reception or internet reception. And I want to see them all. <br />
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So this is it. I am really, truly, absolutely, definitely retired now.<br />
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Adiós, adieu, addio, adeus, aloha, arrivederci, ciao, auf Wiedersehen, au revoir, bon voyage, sayonara, totsiens, vale, zàijiàn, shalom.<br />
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And most importantly, Have Fun. I will.<br />
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HelenHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-18511050084649753802017-10-15T20:40:00.002-07:002017-10-15T20:40:57.605-07:00From Port Phillip Bay to the Gulf of Carpentaria...<br />
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I've driven from Port Phillip Bay (Victoria) to the Gulf of Carpentaria (Qld) and east up Cape York to Cooktown, from less than 100km from the Northern Territory Border to the eastern coast, and just about everywhere in between in Victoria, New South Wales and Queensland.<br />
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9847 km, 1386 photos, 44 days, 3 states, and one motorhome hauling my mobility scooter.<br />
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Yes, I had fun. Amazing, excellent, fun.<br />
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Ayr, Qld.<br />
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Cardwell Range Lookout, Qld.<br />
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Mount Isa, Qld.<br />
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Moree, NSW.<br />
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Mount Carbine, far north Qld.<br />
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Wandoan, Qld.<br />
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Little green tree frogs everywhere.<br />
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On the Jump Up (mesa) near Winton, the scientists have discovered 6 new "animals" including a parrot thought to be extinct, and a red-back spider the size of a saucer.<br />
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Cane toads.<br />
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Lots of things that bite, including hugely enormous flies at Mamu and meat ants at Augathella.<br />
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Kangaroos, wallabies, emus, koalas and even cows wandering on the roads in the Outback (no fences there).<br />
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And, of course, scrub (bush) turkeys.<br />
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I'm loving the heat (high 90sF, 36-37C) and the travel.<br />
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Helen<br />
Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-84212570870465719442017-10-02T02:55:00.000-07:002017-10-02T02:55:37.690-07:00In the Wheel Ruts of the PioneersQuite literally!!<br />
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Australia's National Highway 1 - but not how those who live in the capital cities know it.<br />
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Burke and Wills, explorers.<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-11271135545614655432017-09-24T01:17:00.002-07:002017-09-24T01:18:55.263-07:00Trees and Flowers<br />
I love looking at interesting trees and pretty flowers although I don't know much about them. So enjoy.<br />
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Scribbly Bark Gum. The "writing" on the tree is caused by caterpillars eating the bark.<br />
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In Charleville, Queensland.<br />
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Grafton, New South Wales.<br />
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Gosford, NSW.<br />
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Ghost Gum, Barcaldine, Qld.<br />
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I'm almost at the Gulf of Carpentaria, and still heading north.<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-84960701839601958272017-09-10T22:32:00.001-07:002017-09-10T22:32:20.521-07:00Heading North: Old Buildings <br />
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Bairnsdale, Victoria.<br />
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Cobargo, NSW.<br />
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Poet, Henry Kendall's House, Gosford, NSW.<br />
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Slab hut, Orbost, Victoria.<br />
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Moruya, NSW.<br />
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I'm having fun. I hope you are, too.<br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-72517580883735085032017-09-04T21:10:00.000-07:002017-09-04T21:10:21.997-07:00Ben Boyd and Twofold Bay<br />
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This is Twofold Bay, as seen from my aunt's kitchen window. Stunning by day or night, ever-changing, always amazing.<br />
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Twofold Bay (in New South Wales) was historically one of the few safe deep-water ports along the coast here, so there are still plenty of old buildings to look at, as well as a huge National Park. <br />
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Ben Boyd's Tower is where sailors used to watch (100 years ago or so) for whales, and where locals kept watch for bushfires and other dangers.<br />
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Here's a section of the National Park. Does it remind you of the enchanted woods in a child's fairytale?<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-55178275335201806602017-08-26T22:34:00.002-07:002017-08-26T22:34:36.356-07:00Colloquial speech, local dialects and bad grammar<br />
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Not all bad guys use bad grammar. Some are very suave and sophisticated. Similarly, not all persons doing minimum wage jobs use bad grammar either. <br />
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Every person from Scotland does not use “wee” or “drap” in every second sentence, nor does every Australian call you “mate”. <br />
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Typecasting happens because there are similarities inside groups. An Australian is far more likely to call you “mate” than an American person is, but both of them are more likely to use your given name.<br />
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Please don’t typecast your characters. If that strong young man on the road crew drops his mallet on his toe he probably will swear. But then, so would a doctor or lawyer. And all of them are equally likely to say invite (verb) instead of invitation (noun) because they’re probably all on Facebook. But there is no excuse for bad grammar in narrative. Nor is there need for endless “local color” in dialogue. The lady in the Scottish hotel may offer your hero “A wee drap” of something alcoholic to drink. But leave it there. Don’t overload your story with colloquialisms or poor grammar. <br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-85117691640406723762017-08-20T17:07:00.000-07:002017-08-20T17:07:09.913-07:00The ingredients for a good book<br />
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Characters. If the reader cannot relate to your characters she will not continue reading. She may love them or hate them, but the author has to draw the reader into their lives so she keeps reading. If a character is Too Stupid To Live (eg. walking alone into a possible murderer’s house) you will lose the reader right then and there. <br />
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These days, female characters are expected to make an effort to solve their own problems. The hero may still come riding up on his white horse to sweep her away, but she should have been endeavoring to solve her own problems, not crying in a corner and wringing her hands.<br />
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Plot. There must be a plot. It is through the plot the characters show their development. This plot has to make sense. No big gaping holes allowed. In an erotic romance the sex may be part of the plot, but there must be something else happening as well—a bad guy to defeat, the world to save, or whatever.<br />
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Genre: Be sure the blurb and publicity material accurately depict the genre. Don’t call it a cozy mystery if there is violence, blood and horror described carefully and at length. If you are marketing your book as an erotic romance there must be detailed sexual encounters as well as hot, steamy looks. Otherwise what you have written is a mainstream romance.<br />
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Fiction writing is a very tough, competitive world. Be sure to get these three basic necessities correct.<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-85503240102700158692017-08-13T16:32:00.000-07:002017-08-13T16:32:07.334-07:00Who or Whom and some comments about adverbs<br />
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Grammar book explains when to use who and when to use whom really well.<br />
<a href="http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp">http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/whoVwhom.asp</a><br />
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Use the he/him method to decide which word is correct.<br />
he = who<br />
him = whom<br />
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Examples:<br />
Who/Whom wrote the letter?<br />
He wrote the letter. Therefore, who is correct.<br />
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For who/whom should I vote?<br />
Should I vote for him? Therefore, whom is correct.<br />
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We all know who/whom pulled that prank.<br />
This sentence contains two clauses: We all know and who/whom pulled that prank. We are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. He pulled that prank. Therefore, who is correct. <br />
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We want to know on who/whom the prank was pulled. <br />
This sentence contains two clauses: We want to know and the prank was pulled on who/whom. Again, we are interested in the second clause because it contains the who/whom. The prank was pulled on him. Therefore, whom is correct. <br />
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I know many publishers/editors/agents hate adverbs, and that is because often if you delete them you have not removed any additional information.<br />
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The old man’s bones creaked and groaned as he slowly, gradually lowered himself into the armchair.<br />
Take out gradually or slowly and you still have a clear picture of what happened.<br />
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Words like “just” and “actually” can almost always be deleted without changing the sense of the line.<br />
I just walked in the room and saw him.<br />
I walked in the room and saw him.<br />
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I actually walked in the room and saw him.<br />
I walked in the room and saw him.<br />
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Some authors seem to think if they delete the suffix from a word it magically is not an adverb. Ah no. if you are using it as an adverb you’re now using incorrect grammar instead of the adverb.<br />
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When she stood on my toe I yelled loud.<br />
No. You yelled loudly.<br />
But since you can’t yell softly just "When she stood on my toe I yelled" would work fine.<br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-25674502024294396502017-08-06T17:03:00.000-07:002017-08-06T17:03:24.672-07:00 Wandering Body Parts<br />
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Almost every reader has been pulled out of a story at some time by wandering body parts.<br />
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“His eyes were glued to her face.”<br />
Ah no. His gaze may have been fixed on her face, but his eyes were probably still in his head, like normal.<br />
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“His feet raced to the door.”<br />
What? The rest of him stayed behind?<br />
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“It might seem romantic to say, “He gave her his heart,” but to some people, who’ve watched too many horror movies, that is not a romantic image at all. <br />
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Some publishing houses have rules that prohibit body parts moving independently.<br />
“His fingers wandered onto her thigh.” No, in these houses, he has to be in control, so “He let his fingers drift onto her thigh”. Besides, I’m betting those fingers were still attached to his hand, so therefore the second version makes more sense. Although, “He gently stroked her thigh” might be even better.<br />
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Before sending your book to a publishing house or agent, be sure to check it for wandering body parts. Even if self-publishing, always remember that some people will be icked by the thought of body organs having an out-of-body experience.<br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-24181262708294016522017-07-30T16:38:00.000-07:002017-07-30T16:40:27.694-07:00Planes and Monuments<br />
Lake Boga is the home of the Catalinas.<br />
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At Griffith, it's all about the Firefly.<br />
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World War I lasted from 1914-1918. When it began in July 1914, everyone assumed it would be over by Christmas. Young men rushed to enlist, to join up before it was all over. It became known as "The Great War" and "The War to End All Wars" due to the vast number of countries involved and the huge devastation it caused. Nine million combatants and seven million civilians died in four short years. As I travel around Australia almost every small town has a monument to this war. Reading the names can be heartbreaking. Entire families of sons, brothers, fathers, cousins, all dead. Some little towns lost virtually every able-bodied man. And many sixteen and seventeen-year-olds pretended to be 18 so they could enlist. <br />
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Wentworth, Echuca, Berrigan.<br />
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Helen WoodallHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-58330524519202491372017-07-24T22:40:00.001-07:002017-07-24T22:40:27.786-07:00North into the Desert<br />
Everyone knows I like hot weather, and in winter it's not so easy to find. But the days in the desert are gloriously warm. And the nights - well they require lots of woolly blankets. But the days make up for it.<br />
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Look at that wonderful red dirt!<br />
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Far horizons.<br />
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Occasional salt lakes.<br />
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And kangaroos, emus, and goats instead of cows and sheep and people.<br />
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Then, after driving for five or six hours, without so much as a petrol pump, a bustling mining town.<br />
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Happy days.<br />
Helen WoodallHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-34455257389544420822017-07-16T19:13:00.000-07:002017-07-16T19:13:09.052-07:00Locks, Weirs, Paddle Steamers<br />
One hundred years ago, before the roads were much more than cart tracks through the dirt, supplies and people traveled the length of the Murray River by paddle steamer and barge. Due to differing water levels this meant locks and weirs were built.<br />
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This is the lock at Robinvale.<br />
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Meanwhile the river runs on, serenely beautiful.<br />
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And today's tourists enjoy trips on houseboats and paddle steamers as well as more modern water vehicles.<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-33897786598364087922017-07-09T22:47:00.001-07:002017-07-09T22:48:43.571-07:00Following the Murray River<br />
Did you ever watch the TV series "All the Rivers Run"? Or read the book by Nancy Cato on which it was based? The show was a massive success in the 1980s.<br />
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It's set on the Murray River, which is the border between Victoria and New South Wales. Back at the time of the movie life there was pretty adventurous and there is still a genuine rivalry between the states. Don't try fishing in the river with a Victorian fishing license. You need a NSW one.<br />
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My latest journey is following the river from Albury where it runs into the Hume Dam, all the way back across Victoria and NSW into South Australia.<br />
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So here are some pictures of the Hume Dam as I begin this, my latest adventure. <br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-49687751592826129492017-07-02T16:21:00.001-07:002017-07-02T16:21:32.405-07:00 Current American traditions did not exist in historical Europe!!<br />
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I’m excited to see American authors writing historical fiction. I love historical fiction but I do like it to be accurate. Or at least come with a warning that it’s a “wallpaper” story not a researched one. I have no problem with authors making up their own world based on a historical period as long as they freely admit it.<br />
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Some eras, such as the Regency and Victorian periods, have been intensely researched. Many books are written about them and authors have no excuse for getting any facts wrong. If the author does make a mistake the editor needs to tell the author to fix it before publication.<br />
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The example that started this blog was “Supper”. I have just read yet another Regency-set story where the family sat down to supper. NO THEY DID NOT! The evening meal was called “Dinner” whether it was eaten at 5p.m. (in the country) or 9p.m. (in Town). Dinner was a hot meal with several courses. Supper was a light meal, usually cold food, served at balls and the like after midnight, and children never attended such affairs. Even if a country family ate dinner at five, any supper they had would not have involved the children, who would have been sent to the nursery and would most likely be in bed. A country supper would have been at perhaps 9p.m. and it would have been a hot drink, and maybe a small serve of some cold leftovers, or some biscuits (cookies). But more likely they would have simply had a “nightcap”, an alcoholic drink, with no food, before bed.<br />
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Another mistake that really annoys me is calling a married woman in a European historical novel, Jane Smith Doe. Using a maiden name as a middle name is a strictly American tradition. If English Jane Smith married John Doe she was Jane Doe. An old family friend, much more familiar with her maiden name might say, “Jane Doe, Jane Smith that was” and people might refer to her as Jane Doe née Smith, but never never never as Jane Smith Doe.<br />
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Oh, and as the picture above indicates, there was no such thing as Thanksgiving anywhere except America until very recently indeed.<br />
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Historical authors please, do your research!<br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
helen.woodall@gmail.com<br />
Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-77516487776246918612017-06-25T17:27:00.001-07:002017-06-25T17:27:37.473-07:00How to be derogatory without using naughty words<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNALUv8M_edQSSsXDYOXdGBDwlS-vO35HUi4TQTk6PUZ1vqA52sjYgSfvt9yImo3PnZSY026ez1MV9j04Nh8KVcEk2kCrCmNK_cYJhMPS8AO2cUwCJ6uxNwgXOPor5X6a5c6umOhcysE/s1600/119223b.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNALUv8M_edQSSsXDYOXdGBDwlS-vO35HUi4TQTk6PUZ1vqA52sjYgSfvt9yImo3PnZSY026ez1MV9j04Nh8KVcEk2kCrCmNK_cYJhMPS8AO2cUwCJ6uxNwgXOPor5X6a5c6umOhcysE/s320/119223b.jpg" width="320" height="256" data-original-width="300" data-original-height="240" /></a></div><br />
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Someone pointed this blog post out to me. It’s a list of old-fashioned words used to express disbelief in people or what they say.<br />
It should be compulsory reading for people who can’t verbalize two consecutive sentences without swearing. Here are some great new socially acceptable words to add to your vocabulary.<br />
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How many do you remember your grandparents using?<br />
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Check out: <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/silly-old-timey-words-you-should-start-using-again#.oq4waQn9v">http://www.buzzfeed.com/emmyf/silly-old-timey-words-you-should-start-using-again#.oq4waQn9v</a> <br />
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Helen Woodall<br />
helen.woodall@gmail.com<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-74616679613329637592017-06-18T04:17:00.003-07:002017-06-18T04:17:44.254-07:00Historic KilmoreKilmore claims the title of Victoria's oldest settled inland town. It boasts many beautiful old buildings.<br />
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At the top of a big hill, which caused my electric scooter to blow a fuse, is the Old Jail.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm629ZyFPUauPROfjHTKc3F0kxmtZY8T5p8d_h1R9CxB36J5XD67h7DCcc0mD6y2KjASVj-mVkHkxj8JlOcU77ikkSUHshjzQp3sMgfdhTxzy3adNqRZcbMiSLUCEHj4B0YsVKUM-dHek/s1600/Old+Kilmore+Jail.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm629ZyFPUauPROfjHTKc3F0kxmtZY8T5p8d_h1R9CxB36J5XD67h7DCcc0mD6y2KjASVj-mVkHkxj8JlOcU77ikkSUHshjzQp3sMgfdhTxzy3adNqRZcbMiSLUCEHj4B0YsVKUM-dHek/s320/Old+Kilmore+Jail.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a></div><br />
The temporary death of my scooter put a halt to my adventures for a little while, but I'll be off traveling again soon.<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-80111790769848479382017-06-11T00:42:00.000-07:002017-06-11T00:45:05.606-07:00History and the Beach. My two favorite things together.<br />
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Alberton Cemetery. Port Albert was the first port established in Victoria.<br />
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And here is Port Albert.<br />
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Nearby is Port Welshpool with the longest historical jetty. As you can see it really is looooong.<br />
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Here's a close up of how old it is.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr9IwXLzeha9lfxn0vdGMLnJP80ahsuiBT0pWB-4DU-fFcspfiNIVSzk6kDPIA-1pJFZknkAHnO78Crh-nQov0RpYOhA8UlG6dR5Qkcdw4wLTd_uEah80dsp84D4vvpk33nRJspBUjgc/s1600/Jetty+close+up.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtr9IwXLzeha9lfxn0vdGMLnJP80ahsuiBT0pWB-4DU-fFcspfiNIVSzk6kDPIA-1pJFZknkAHnO78Crh-nQov0RpYOhA8UlG6dR5Qkcdw4wLTd_uEah80dsp84D4vvpk33nRJspBUjgc/s320/Jetty+close+up.JPG" width="320" height="240" data-original-width="1600" data-original-height="1200" /></a></div><br />
Here's the road into Nooramunga Coastal Park. It's more intended for Four Wheel Drive vehicles than 7-metre-long motorhomes.<br />
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But here's the proof I not only made it in, but didnt even get bogged.<br />
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Have fun<br />
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Helen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-39664025829919106702017-06-03T23:10:00.003-07:002017-06-03T23:10:50.076-07:00Grammar Nerd Jokes<br />
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You have probably heard these jokes before, but most of them will still bring a smile to a grammar nerd’s face.<br />
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HelenHelen Woodall: Freelance Editinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05444335776207136915noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2949172460054202179.post-69890222248241590742017-05-28T21:51:00.000-07:002017-05-28T21:51:08.059-07:00Ah, the beach. My favorite place!Anzac's Beach, which is on Phillip Island, Australia. Not to be confused with Anzac Cove, which is in Gallipoli, Turkey.<br />
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