Along those lines: still the perfect name for my revived blog which is all about travel, history and the writing process. And I have a ripper of a logo. (See my first post for the story behind it – Click HERE)
This blog was born in 2015 to record my solo road trip from Adelaide to Darwin to follow the tracks of early explorer and fellow Scot John McDouall Stuart. Back then, the lines I crossed and explored were physical – the Ghan Heritage railway line and the Overland Telegraph Line, plus boundary fences, meandering creek beds and winding desert tracks.
My writing then veered to producing a creative non-fiction book McDouall Stuart hitches a ride, comparing McDouall Stuart’s expeditions along that strip of land with my own experiences. The book draws on events that have changed the landscape and influenced the lives of people who have called that strip of land home: including First Nations people for tens of thousands of years, early settlers and their descendants from the mid-1800s and more recent migrants.
This revived blog introduces another kind of exploration along different lines – this time it’s lines of enquiry. I’ll be expanding on historical, environmental and social issues I touch on in the book, plus the research rabbit-holes I scurried down that didn’t make the cut. And, I’ll look at the writing process: examining the fact that fake news is as old as history, the new pathways to publication that are opening up and – what’s this new-fangled Artificial intelligence (AI) all about?
Rosemary Cadden came from Scotland to Adelaide in 1975 and has worked in various media and communication roles ever since – as a reporter (which she stubbornly prefers to journalist) for newspapers and magazines, not-for-profit organisations, government bodies and PR companies. She also branched off to work as a teacher, examiner and trainer in the world of English as a Second Language.
Rosemary is a volunteer in various environmental hands-on roles and is learning not to kill mint.
You can also:
buy it in Adelaide at Mostly Books in Mitcham Shopping Centre, Matilda Bookshop in Stirling, Dillons on The Parade, Norwood, Dymocks in Rundle Mall, Shakeaspeare’s Bookshop in Blackwood.
request the book through your favourite bookshop;
get an e-book through Kobo, Kindle or your favourite supplier through this link:
https://books2read.com/McDouallStuart
ask your local library to order a copy;
See Regional Tour details for outlets from Gawler northwards.
Along those Lines 