tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.comments2023-04-10T00:18:08.712+12:00OverkillVanda Symonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comBlogger1836125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-84855802827424396392017-11-08T17:46:12.126+13:002017-11-08T17:46:12.126+13:00Excellent. Look forward to it.Excellent. Look forward to it.Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-18098966692175261752017-11-08T17:42:26.983+13:002017-11-08T17:42:26.983+13:00That's the plan!That's the plan!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-85999709064567689772017-11-08T17:30:25.798+13:002017-11-08T17:30:25.798+13:00Going to tempt your readership with another novel?...Going to tempt your readership with another novel? :)Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-17689506156390955492016-11-11T14:02:35.603+13:002016-11-11T14:02:35.603+13:00I used Bakel's Pettinice white icing, which co...I used Bakel's Pettinice white icing, which comes in blocks, and got the marbled stone look by using a black gel food colouring (not liquid - makes the icing slushy), and sort of folding it through the rolled out icing an a random kind of a way. Sort of like making pastry. To make the stones I started out with a map of Stonehenge - great what you can find on the internet, and then just ripped chunks of the coloured icing, then channeled my inner child like I was playing with plasticine. It was a lot of fun!<br /><br />Good luck!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-74693333423437637872016-11-11T07:54:38.802+13:002016-11-11T07:54:38.802+13:00Hey, I've been asked to make a Stonehenge cake...Hey, I've been asked to make a Stonehenge cake.. just been looking for inspiration and found yours.. would you share your icing secret for the stones - no idea how to get the colour or well any off it sorted really :-) GVLJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12410032801313501340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-45787445869088460642015-01-11T22:57:48.132+13:002015-01-11T22:57:48.132+13:00Hopefully you'll be done with academia this ye...Hopefully you'll be done with academia this year and then we'll be expecting your creative juices to spill across the pages and deliver us your next Sam Shepard instalment, in the not too distant future ... <br /><br />Joanne G. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-63236397258466816312015-01-11T21:02:22.947+13:002015-01-11T21:02:22.947+13:00Please, please, please, just write the novel!!
I h...Please, please, please, just write the novel!!<br />I have resorted to re-re-re reading your novels !<br />How many people are going to say that about your thesis? Lol :)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10751632022217683970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-14602895955141693302015-01-11T08:49:37.055+13:002015-01-11T08:49:37.055+13:00Ooooo, Vanda, I cant wait for another novel. Lol.Ooooo, Vanda, I cant wait for another novel. Lol.Debbie Hardingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-42179132724076754812015-01-11T07:58:10.054+13:002015-01-11T07:58:10.054+13:00My one sure goal is to never write another essay/t...My one sure goal is to never write another essay/thesis bounded by academia.<br /><br />Am I allowed to ask what your thesis topic is?Mark Hubbardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02541153163041831880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-6142521739990028662014-10-14T02:07:11.986+13:002014-10-14T02:07:11.986+13:00Good to hear you're still about Vanda! These f...Good to hear you're still about Vanda! These fresh ideas sound more than a little interesting!<br />Happy writing,<br /><br />Jason Payne<br />LondonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-31275313013186061102014-04-29T22:20:12.955+12:002014-04-29T22:20:12.955+12:00It was a curious one. I am not often undecided, so...It was a curious one. I am not often undecided, so I suppose the fact I'm still thinking about it is a positive response to it.<br /><br />Now I'm curious about the author's real life experience!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-74920952035708671212014-04-29T21:04:49.218+12:002014-04-29T21:04:49.218+12:00Interesting Vanda - I did something unusual for me...Interesting Vanda - I did something unusual for me and didn't finish this one - got about a quarter of the way through and realised I didn't care which of them was telling the truth I was bored either way. Funnily enough I didn't think it seemed at all credible but it turns out to have been based on the author's real life in which he experienced a similar scenario though I don't know how his ended.Bernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-60229601213234443232014-04-29T15:30:46.016+12:002014-04-29T15:30:46.016+12:00Vanda - Those books that have you reflecting about...Vanda - Those books that have you reflecting about how you feel about them can be the most interesting ones. You could even say you know it has an impact because you haven't been able to sort it into a category. Interesting...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-91189590166931979372014-01-03T08:38:43.989+13:002014-01-03T08:38:43.989+13:00Happy New Year Vanda and of course here's look...Happy New Year Vanda and of course here's looking forward to a great 2014!Jason Paynenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-47137197289574477252014-01-02T12:01:11.641+13:002014-01-02T12:01:11.641+13:00Hope 2014 is considerably better than the last. Ch...Hope 2014 is considerably better than the last. Cheers, Vanda :)Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-39452951811531019042014-01-02T10:16:12.309+13:002014-01-02T10:16:12.309+13:00cheers!cheers!Outside Innhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575450657926572384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-19740526952494968572013-10-21T22:13:50.588+13:002013-10-21T22:13:50.588+13:00Thanks, everyone. Now comes the horrible waiting t...Thanks, everyone. Now comes the horrible waiting time...Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-71374243454381928952013-10-20T10:58:47.334+13:002013-10-20T10:58:47.334+13:00Congrats, Vanda!
Shall keep my fingers and toes c...Congrats, Vanda!<br /><br />Shall keep my fingers and toes crossed for you :)Just Wendy https://www.blogger.com/profile/05268645629027109282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-41750790269282952322013-10-20T00:35:28.585+13:002013-10-20T00:35:28.585+13:00Well done Vanda! I really enjoyed The Faceless, it...Well done Vanda! I really enjoyed The Faceless, it totally deserves to win and can't wait to hear the good news! Looking forward to your next book,<br /><br />Jason<br />LondonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-79180249229571124182013-10-19T11:31:45.362+13:002013-10-19T11:31:45.362+13:00So very happy for you, Vanda!! Well done you!So very happy for you, Vanda!! Well done you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-14393817458938433272013-10-15T20:59:28.910+13:002013-10-15T20:59:28.910+13:00I loved this one myself. I now need to back track ...I loved this one myself. I now need to back track and read his first offering.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-89226481718961446642013-09-25T12:02:58.267+12:002013-09-25T12:02:58.267+12:00Lucky you, Vanda!Lucky you, Vanda!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-33338771767413784972013-06-30T21:51:18.269+12:002013-06-30T21:51:18.269+12:00Her characters are fabulous. I got quite attached ...Her characters are fabulous. I got quite attached to the pigeon!Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-74298235208003719842013-06-30T21:50:09.265+12:002013-06-30T21:50:09.265+12:00It's surprising how many people I come across ...It's surprising how many people I come across have history or memories of the area. It is truly lovely there. Although I was saddened to see the gorgeous church and it's stained glass windows didn't fare well in the Christchurch earthquakes. Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9219735658025200238.post-65464860159100468782013-06-28T21:38:00.226+12:002013-06-28T21:38:00.226+12:00I went there too. thanks for the write up. My fami...I went there too. thanks for the write up. My family history includes Peel Forest born ancestors who were road builders. There is a Pithie Road still there. Strangely my father married mum who was a writer! She started tauranga Writers in 1967 - Edna Pithie. i was thrilled to see Ngaio Marshs' grave as mum talked a lot about herDiane Andrews Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05839342999463819627noreply@blogger.com