Over the past 13 years, Footprints magazine has published articles on hundreds of topics, to entertain, inform, and inspire Australian Christian women. In Issue 33 (Autumn 2006 – pictured), we listed just a few … how that list has grown in just five more years! (newer articles are in italics) A anger management, alcohol, addictions, [...]
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I almost forgot to tell you about our latest competition! In Issue #52 (Summer 2010), we asked: What words of wisdom do you wish somebody had told you when you were a young woman? Is there one particular piece of advice that you would like to pass on the next generation? The inspiration behind the [...]
Ho ho ho! says Santa. But in my head all I hear is “zzz zzz zzz” … that’s what I‘d really like to be doing! I’m just sooo darn tired! You can probably tell … it’s been ages since I’ve posted here on the Footprints blog. I haven’t read or left comments on many of [...]
The second annual Brisbane Word Writers Fair kicked off with an Authors Meet and Greet on Friday Night, 5 November. Technically, it wasn’t the first conference event - Aleesah Darlinson held a marketing and publicity workshop on Friday afternoon (which unfortunately I didn’t get along to), that I heard was absolutely fantastic! So for me the conference [...]
On Saturday I was privileged to not only attend, but also present at, the FaithWriters Down Under Conference in Penrith. My daughter Julia and I flew down to Sydney on Friday, in time to join about 20 others for a pre-conference dinner. Before the conference I knew of one other person who was travelling from Brisbane [...]
It seems that Footprints now has a mascot – introducing Sophie de la Snuggles (pronounced Snoo- gals). She’s one snuggly puppy! There is a bit of a story behind how Sophie joined my family. My husband was studying part-time a few years ago in addition to working fulltime, so I often went to bed while [...]
When a Footprints reader asked me recently for some tips on holding a book launch, I thought it would be a good idea to share what I’ve learnt with others. After all, I’ve put on two successful book launches and attended many over the last few years. Hosting a book launch is a bit like [...]
… that is the question! Actually, that’s not quite true. The question is really what to blog about. Here on the Footprints blog, my ramblings tend to be focused on a couple of themes: Footprints Women’s Ministries Inc; reading; writing; parenting teens; with the occasional forays into fashion, church life, or anything else that happens to [...]