Sound of Freedom Film Review
Sound of Freedom is based on the true story of Tim Ballard’s life and his mission to rescue children sold as sex slaves.
True Stories
Jacqx’s articles include the writing journey of her debut novel, When The Glitter Fades; her short stories, stage plays and book and film reviews based on true stories.
Writing my debut novel – When The Glitter Fades
When The Glitter Fades is my debut historical fiction novel, loosely based on Shirley Broadway’s life story of growing up performing in a vaudeville troupe in the 1930s during the Great Depression.
Researching Australian Vaudeville
Librarians are angelic beings with unfathomable knowledge on how to find just about anything in the bottomless pit of books, information, resources, links, interlibrary loans, and nooks and crannies of cyberspace library heaven.
Who Are You? A Guide to Writing Your Memoir
Who are you? Who do people think you are? What legacy do you want to leave behind? These are questions worthy to be asked for you to leave a footprint of your existence on this earth. Your life matters, whether you realise it or not. There are many people who are curious to know more about you. Whether it’s your family, friends or strangers. You have stories, skills and knowledge stored within you that are valuable. Isn’t it time you passed them on?
Escaping Genocide
There’s hell on earth…where atrocities are committed everyday, where life has no value, where mercy and compassion do not exist; where fear reigns and survival depends on the dialect you speak; the ethnic group you belong to. Helena reveals the trauma of escaping genocide.
A Trapeze Lesson
The Awesome Side of Research Research sounds pretty boring, right? It may conjure up an image of someone with their nose to the books, or computer screen, slight frown creasing
One-Act Play Theatre Festivals
One-Act Play Theatre Festivals Participating in One-Act Play Theatre Festivals was the inspiration I needed to write my own plays for my drama students. Some of my fondest memories come
Skydiving Bucket List Dare
Revenge. Whether it be on misbehaving teens, a mother or father-in-law, or your comatose partner, skydiving is the perfect way to get someone back for causing you grief… just throw
A Dream of Courage
I had a dream last night that I was standing high above the ground on one of those tree-top obstacle courses where you have to make your way across from one place
Dream Big Dreams
Why should we bother dreaming big dreams? It seems the older we get the less we dream. Has life beaten us down to the point that we think that dreaming
Conquering Fear with a Treetop Challenge
Whether you have a fear of heights, or hidden fears, I’ve discovered the ultimate therapy to conquer fears. It’s called the Treetop Challenge.