GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree

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His gilder-fluke broke on the flunker-flopper

22 May, 202425 April, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 12 Comments

At yesterday's monthly meeting of my writers' group I offered a few hundred words from the manuscript I am still slaving over. I had my heroine walking up the gangplank … Continue reading His gilder-fluke broke on the flunker-flopper

Loving in the Shadow of Tito – a “commended” short essay

15 November, 202225 April, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 57 Comments

Much excitement last week at the Gala Event of the Society Women Writers NSW at which numerous competition winners were announced. Included in these were the Members' Book Awards and … Continue reading Loving in the Shadow of Tito – a “commended” short essay

A Ramble about Reading

6 March, 202225 April, 2026 / Garrulous Gwendoline / 30 Comments

It is about 5pm on the first Sunday in March as I write, and outside my window steady rain is falling in a sheet that obscures the view. It's been … Continue reading A Ramble about Reading

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