tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451497219496258450.post5556959857301669981..comments2023-06-21T00:31:47.904+10:00Comments on Reaching into the past: explaining why the First fleet is so important to meJill Bleehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00758446389014596540noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451497219496258450.post-68472262902273664982011-09-11T12:55:17.882+10:002011-09-11T12:55:17.882+10:00Thanks for the good wishes. it is languishing with...Thanks for the good wishes. it is languishing with an educational publisher at the moment as I have been too busy to do anything more about it but if nothing has happened by Christmas I am seriously considering epublishing it under my Eureka House Label. I have held off doing this so far as I am unsure about the marketing for children and schools. I am doing a seminar on the subject run by the Australian Society of Authors next week so perhaps I'll feel more confident about going ahead with publishing it then. I feel that although it is a novel of 25000 words it will need some line drawings or other illustrations to give it a boost.Jill Bleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00758446389014596540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451497219496258450.post-85582147561903067852011-09-11T12:40:29.313+10:002011-09-11T12:40:29.313+10:00What an interesting subject for a book! It must ha...What an interesting subject for a book! It must have been a very frightening time and situation, not only for the prisoners but the many others who came with them - soldiers, sailors etc. Fascinating. Good luck with it.C.J. Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05065708666691591337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451497219496258450.post-7323144626284949912011-08-08T18:02:34.200+10:002011-08-08T18:02:34.200+10:00Australia wore the stigma of being settled by conv...Australia wore the stigma of being settled by convicts until late in the 20th century when we all got proud of our beginnings and went looking for convicts in our family trees,<br /><br />JillJill Bleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00758446389014596540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-451497219496258450.post-61197103016508660292011-08-08T07:22:08.688+10:002011-08-08T07:22:08.688+10:00This sounds like a really interesting book. I lov...This sounds like a really interesting book. I love history and prisoners going to Australia is not something I've studied (I suppose because I'm American) but would like to read about.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.com