Author Archives: Deanne E. Gwinn
Beauty I’ve Always Missed…
Seems like I’m doing more tweeting than blogging here, snippets of thought rather than information others need. But anyway, the new look does relate to themes from the trilogy. “Beauty I’ve always missed, with these eyes before…” Quoting lyrics from … Continue reading
Background image
Themes, images, appearance, the look of the site – I’ve added back the image used in the original header by placing it in the background. Not sure if I like how this looks, but I’ll leave it like that for … Continue reading
Change of Header Image
At the behest of Bill Belew, blog workshop presenter, I have sought and uploaded a new image for the header of this blog (free, non-copyrighted.) I had to crop the image to fit the header. I chose to have the … Continue reading
Three Suggestions to Make Wind Turbines Wildlife Compatible
As research and development of wind farms surges forward, we hear the encouraging news that birds tend to fly around the spinning blades of turbines, rather than trying to fly through them “even in conditions of low visibility.” Mostly. The … Continue reading
Koala: To Be Or Not To Be, pt 4
There is, of course, another part to the question of the continued existence of koalas. How can they survive in the wild when their wilderness has disappeared? Over 80% of the natural eucalyptus groves in Australia have been cut down. … Continue reading
Koala: To Be Or Not To Be, pt 3
In the earliest version of Light Thickens, the protagonist succeeds in saving the koala, delivering it to a zoo in the US during the interval between Light Thickens and Vaporous Night. That version was not meant to be read by … Continue reading
Koala: To Be Or Not To Be , pt 2
In Light Thickens a healthy koala joey (weaned but not yet adult) is plucked from its ideal habitat and instantly teleported to a foreign environment full of strange germs. Within fifteen minutes it is “rescued” from a cardboard box and … Continue reading
Koala: To Be Or Not to Be, pt 1
When I hired a friend to look at Light Thickens as a story consultant, one point she made was that I could not kill off the koala. “Your protagonist has invested so much energy in saving this critter,” she said, … Continue reading
Rachel, pt. 4
A couple of years later while leafing through a newspaper, I glimpsed a name that seemed familiar. After reading the text I connected the name to the soft-spoken young woman who had demonstrated her courage by going to find out for … Continue reading
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