
The second volume for the anthology encapsulates some of the transformative works and branching out into the world. While Loneliness was and remains quite personal, Heartache begins to explore external ideas and relationships. One of the most impressionable moments was when I lost my cousin in a car accident, when we were younger we would wait for the stars to reveal themselves in the sky and make a wish on the first to be seen. A couple of years later, I was faced with a two hour journey driving at night in a deteriorating condition to seek help.
Perseverance
These were the last years where I wrote prolifically before finding that the traditional path to publishing poetry was fading. Almost no avenue remained and it would be a while before another way provided a genuine option. By then I had no intention of publishing and had developed the skill of novel writing with a young adult fantasy series. I struck up a connection with an international journalist who had taken on a project embedded in Australian history and these discussions I embarked on the release my poetry.