Hello friends!
We are busy packing and getting ready to go back home for the first time in three years! I’m so excited to be getting on that plane and seeing my family, as well as being back in a country that I love. My parents haven’t seen my kids for three years, which is a long time when they were yet to turn 1, 4 and 7 when we left. They’ve changed a lot in that time 🙂
In other news, I’ve been busy writing my new series with Muonic and Mike Kraus, and I’m close to wrapping up book 1. One thing that has come up a few times are my “Australianisms,” which I always find amusing.
Do you know what these Australian (and some probably British) phrases mean?
- Take a stickybeak
- Dog’s breakfast
- Buckley’s chance
- Do the Harry
- It’s chockers in here
(translations below!)
Do you remember Aftermath, the series I wrote with Misty? Well, it’s been published as a boxset, and each boxset is only 99c for a limited time. The link to the first boxset is below:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B353WJ8Q
Book 5 in my No Refuge Series was also published recently, with Book 6 coming out soon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09WRSCBBC/
And finally, my author friend Barbara Gilbert has also just released a boxset of her Future Apocalypse series, if you are looking for something good to read :)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B294MYYN/
Okay, now for those Aussie translations!
- Take a stickybeak - pry into other people’s affairs/ A stickybeak is a nosey person
- Dog’s breakfast - a real mess
- Buckley’s chance - a very small chance or no chance at all
- Do the Harry - get the heck out of there. This one actually derives from an Australian prime minister—Harold Holt—who disappeared in 1967 while swimming in rough conditions at the beach
- It’s chockers in here - short for “chockablock” - it’s really busy/full in here.
Take care until next time!
Steph xx
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